Re: [boost] [release] 1.64.0 Decision on VS2017 version number?

Subject: Re: [boost] [release] 1.64.0 Decision on VS2017 version number?
From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-03-19 15:50:58

On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 10:42 AM, Peter Dimov via Boost <
boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> https://github.com/boostorg/build/pull/183
>>
>
> This reminds me of a question I had:
>
> # Known toolset versions, in order of preference.
> .known-versions = 14.0 12.0 11.0 10.0 10.0express 9.0 9.0express 8.0
> 8.0express 7.1
>    7.1toolkit 7.0 6.0 14.1 ;
>
> We put 14.1 last; is this what we want in the release, or was this a
> temporary measure until the issues with 14.1 are sorted out, as they appear
> now to have been?
>

The latter.

Because traditionally, we place the newest version first; and on a VS 2017
> installation with both 141 and 140 toolsets, the above will (as far as I
> can see) pick and build with 14.0 if no toolset is given, which may be
> surprising.
>

And it was because of that reason that I put it last :-) Didn't want it
picked as the default if it wasn't ready.

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