Re: [boost] [release] Boost 1.62.0 release available

Subject: Re: [boost] [release] Boost 1.62.0 release available
From: Michael Witten (mfwitten_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-09-30 13:24:55

On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 3:32 PM, Rene Rivera <grafikrobot_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Release 1.62.0 of the Boost C++ Libraries is now available.
> ...
> The SHA256 checksums are as follows:
>
> b91c2cda8bee73ea613130e19e72c9589e9ef0357c4c5cc5f7523de82cce11f7
>  boost_1_62_0.7z
> 36c96b0f6155c98404091d8ceb48319a28279ca0333fba1ad8611eb90afb2ca0
>  boost_1_62_0.tar.bz2
> 440a59f8bc4023dbe6285c9998b0f7fa288468b889746b1ef00e8b36c559dce1
>  boost_1_62_0.tar.gz
> 084b2e0638bbe0975a9e43e21bc9ceae33ef11377aecab3268a57cf41e405d4e
>  boost_1_62_0.zip

As noted for the 1.61.0 release:

    No, it's not released yet.

    It's not released until there are associated with the files
    immediately-obvious digital signatures that can be verified with a
    well known personal public key (like that of Vladimir Prus).

For more details on why this is valuable, see here:

* Subject: Boost libraries cannot yet be trusted
  Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 18:15:30 -0000
  http://mid.gmane.org/
>

* Subject: [release] Tags are not being used correctly
  Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2016 00:58:52 -0000
  http://mid.gmane.org/
>

Sincerely,
Michael Witten