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

Subject: Re: [boost] Lets do 1.70.1 WHO IS WITH ME!!!
From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2019-05-05 12:57:51

On 5/5/19 3:06 PM, Vinnie Falco via Boost wrote:
> On Sun, May 5, 2019 at 2:12 AM Richard Hodges via Boost
> <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> If there is any way of getting a patch release out into the wild as
>> a complete tar.gz that would be helpful as it would mean I don't have to
>> redefine my build environment in terms of git submodules.
> 
> Changes to the Beast in Boost 1.70 for the fix can be obtained from this branch:
> 
> <https://github.com/boostorg/beast/commits/v248-hf1>
> 
> you can retrieve a patch from github using this URI format:
> 
> <https://github.com/boostorg/beast/compare/boost-1.70.0...v248-hf1.diff>
> 
> The fix has also been merged to master and develop:
> 
> <https://github.com/boostorg/beast/commits/master>

One thing you could do to aid 1.70 users is to create a PR for 1.70 
release notes[1], adding a note about the problem with a link to the 
patch/commit that fixes it. You can look in past release notes for 
examples, we've had multiple occasions of such notes.

[1]: 
https://github.com/boostorg/website/blob/master/feed/history/boost_1_70_0.qbk