Re: [release] Boost 1.71.0 Release Candidate 1

From: Marshall Clow (mclow.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2019-08-10 14:35:08

On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 4:05 AM Edward Diener via Boost <
boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> 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.
>

Shouldn't those tests be marked as requiring C++11, then?

-- Marshall