Re: [boost] [release] Master branch now completely closed for the 1.70.0 release

Subject: Re: [boost] [release] Master branch now completely closed for the 1.70.0 release
From: Vinnie Falco (vinnie.falco_at_[hidden])
Date: 2019-04-06 16:10:35

On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 7:25 AM Marshall Clow via Boost
<boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> The master branch is now closed for all changes except by permission for the release.

A user reported a devastating bug which threatens undefined behavior
in any scenario where the io_context has more than one thread, and the
client code is not using a P1322R0-style strand (which will be all
unmodified userbases, since the feature is new in 1.70). If at all
possible, this fix needs to go in to rc2:

<https://github.com/boostorg/beast/commit/ce986118f81443ea8947f4bfa32ea74002750451>

Apologies for the late update.

Regards