Re: [boost] MSVC 2019 and 1.70 beta

Subject: Re: [boost] MSVC 2019 and 1.70 beta
From: Marshall Clow (mclow.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2019-03-15 14:32:47

On Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 9:21 AM Paul A. Bristow via Boost <
boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Boost [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Peter
> Dimov via Boost
> > Sent: 14 March 2019 14:25
> > To: boost_at_[hidden]
> > Cc: Peter Dimov
> > Subject: Re: [boost] MSVC 2019 and 1.70 beta
> >
> > Tom Kent wrote:
> >
> > > Build support for VS 2019 RC (msvc-14.2) is on develop in boost build.
> Do
> > > we want to merge that to master for the release?
> >
> > Taking all release dates into account, I think that the right thing to do
> > would be to release Beta 2 with 2019 support, so that people can give it
> a
> > go. There's still time before the 1.70 release for another beta, but this
> > creates extra work for the release manager, so it would be his call.
>
> The result of
> https://www.boost.org/development/tests/develop/developer/summary.html
> for 14.2RC look good and green enough to me to make it very useful to
> merge to master before the release (with sympathy for the long-suffering
> release manager).
>

If people think that the VS 2019 is ready to release, then I have no
objection to putting it into the 1.70 release.
However, I'd appreciate it if people kept an eye on the CI results and the
test runners between now and the 3rd.

-- Marshall