Re: [release] Boost 1.71.0 Release Candidate 1

From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2019-08-10 11:05:39

On 8/9/2019 10:10 PM, Marshall Clow via Boost wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 11:44 AM Michael Caisse via Boost <
> boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> 
>> The first release candidates for the 1.71.0 release are now available at:
>>
>> <https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.71.0.rc1/source/>
>>
>> The SHA256 checksums are as follows:
>>
>> 7fadf835372325d7a287b1c45310c4f96811eb1e4809933a5a400d529df38d0e
>> boost_1_71_0_rc1.7z
>>
>> c857a86fb1223c7a256414151e2d1dcd4691b56197aa1329e087e92502191434
>> boost_1_71_0_rc1.tar.bz2
>>
>> 07c07cad079fed3f0175cbd7097740a333c2cdc6c899ac433dea87d1224d726d
>> boost_1_71_0_rc1.tar.gz
>>
>> bc1674ba3e11635fc2effbddc2ed69aecaced3901f81a6a2aae7b77f34e4cf76
>> boost_1_71_0_rc1.zip
>>
>> As always, the release managers would appreciate it if you download the
>> candidate of your choice and give building it a try. Please report both
>> success and failure, and anything else that is noteworthy.
>>
> 
> I was able to build the libraries successfully with the following
> configurations:
> 
> Mac OS X 10.14.6, apple-clang 10.01: c++03/11/14/17/2a
> Mac OS X 10.14.6, clang-trunk:            c++03/11/14/17/2a
> Ubuntu 18.14, gcc 8.3.2:                       c++03/11/14/1z
> Ubuntu 18.14, clang-trunk:                    c++03/11/14/17/2a
> 
> I should have some more test results later tonight, but the following
> libraries failed
> many tests on "Mac OS X 10.14.6, apple-clang 10.01: c++03":
>      Boost.VMD
>      Boost.numeric/ublas (lots of constexpr, and other non-c++03 stuff)
>      Boost.Process - lots of non-c++03 stuff

VMD needs variadic macro support, which for a very few compiler 
implementations means C++11 or higher, or else it fails a test when 
compiled at the C++03 level.