Re: [boost] [release] 1.64.0 closed for Beta

Subject: Re: [boost] [release] 1.64.0 closed for Beta
From: Tom Kent (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-03-14 23:09:41

On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 4:06 PM, Tom Kent <lists_at_[hidden]> wrote:

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> On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 5:22 AM, Jürgen Hunold via Boost <
> boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
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>> Hi Rene,
>>
>> Am Samstag, 11. März 2017, 17:43:53 CET schrieb Rene Rivera via Boost:
>> > We know.. Hopefully I can address it before we put the beta out. But I'm
>> > not sure I will have time tomorrow to put in the b2 PR that deals with
>> > vs2017.
>>
>> If you approve the current patch, I can merge the PR to develop and then
>> master. As far as I can see, the last patch from
>> https://github.com/boostorg/
>> build/issues/157 <https://github.com/boostorg/build/issues/157> (
>> b2260a9 ) works fine. I've tested it with 2017 Enterprise
>> with both Boost develop branch and my own software.
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>
> Looks like the patch went in, I just setup a temporary Azure VM running
> VS2017 to give library developers some feedback before the beta goes out
> this week. There are two runners: teeks99-07-n (develop) and teeks99-07-o
> (master). It looks like it is running a run about every 4 hours. I've also
> added that config to my normal runners, so they will start showing up there
> soon, but only every few days.
>
> Hopefully I'll get a chance to build a snapshot tonight and see how that
> goes. Is there any schedule for when we will start with RCs for the beta?
>

I tried building the latest snapshot from bintray, but it doesn't find any
compiler when running `bootstrap.bat`. However running `boootstrap.bat
vc14.0` works, so something in bootstrap's lookup logic?

Tom