Re: [release] 1.76.0 post-beta merges

From: Richard Hodges (hodges.r_at_[hidden])
Date: 2021-04-06 17:33:17

On Tue, 6 Apr 2021 at 15:53, Richard Hodges <hodges.r_at_[hidden]> wrote:

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> On Tue, 16 Mar 2021 at 21:25, Marshall Clow via Boost <
> boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
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>> The master branch is is now open for post-beta merges, but only as
>> described in the Post-Beta Merge Policy.
>> See <https://github.com/boostorg/boost/wiki/Releases%3A-Beta-Merge-Policy
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>> Reminder: The master branch closes for the release on Wednesday, Apr 7.
>> Full calendar here: https://www.boost.org/development/ <
>> https://www.boost.org/development/>
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> I'll need to make one commit later on today. This will be limited to
> correcting an incorrect assumption in one test and only affects the
> reliability of the green build indicator.
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> I think it's important to squeeze this one in as otherwise we might
> undermine confidence in the library after the release.
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> Sorry for the late notice.
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Once again I feel obliged to apologise to the release managers.

I inadvertently rebased my changes onto master rather than develop before
seeking approval for updating beast master.

No production code is affected.

Commit details are here:

Fix a test to make it deterministic
https://github.com/boostorg/beast/commit/7257d64a2179621d5514a310472ad28db4922c32

Compensate for the upstream removal of older compilers in the ubuntu GHA
image
https://github.com/boostorg/beast/commit/fa1004fcbfaa9c8b654115438aa7efc9d7670bbe

 Set version number
https://github.com/boostorg/beast/commit/83aaefaf725d2dd125132c40a3f26811979dfe5c

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