Re: [boost] Lets do 1.70.1 WHO IS WITH ME!!!

Subject: Re: [boost] Lets do 1.70.1 WHO IS WITH ME!!!
From: James E. King III (jking_at_[hidden])
Date: 2019-05-05 01:49:25

On Sat, May 4, 2019 at 6:37 PM Vinnie Falco via Boost
<boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> A crashing defect in Beast was discovered shortly after release:
>
> <https://github.com/boostorg/beast/issues/1599>
>
> It happens under high load when things happen at just the right time
> (or wrong time depending on how you look at it). It *will* eventually
> happen to any long-lived connection that sees enough traffic and
> timeouts. The fix is trivial:
>
> <https://github.com/vinniefalco/beast/commit/8620439f8e38db62713cff55a428bf8b3dd70062>
>
> Thanks to the detailed report we were able to write a unit test which
> reproduces it reliably.
>
> Is this worth putting up a 1.70.1 for? The timeout feature is new in
> 1.70 and it is rather a shame that people might not be able to use it
> because of a defect.
>

Boost releases are quite expensive and happen on a regular schedule.
Releases happen every 4 months and people can get the latest from
develop with the fix.
That should be sufficient.

- Jim