Re: Master branch is now open for bug fixes

From: Marshall Clow (mclow.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2022-11-17 16:47:41

On Nov 17, 2022, at 8:34 AM, Peter Dimov via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> 
> Marshall Clow wrote:
>> The master branch is now open for bug fixes and documentation changes.
>> Other changes by release manager permission, as described in
>> 	https://github.com/boostorg/wiki/wiki/Releases%3A-Beta-Merge-Policy
> 
> I have the following merge candidates:
> 
> numeric/conversion:
> 
>  https://github.com/boostorg/numeric_conversion/commit/50a1eae942effb0a9b90724323ef8f2a67e7984a
> 
>  Fixes compilation under the new Clang 16, which rejects out of range enum
>  values in constant expressions. (This affects Boost.Log and probably others.)

As far as I know, clang16 won’t be released until the spring, (current release is 15.0.4), but people are using clang trunk and running into this problem.

>  Issue: https://github.com/boostorg/numeric_conversion/issues/24
> 
> tools/boost_install:
> 
>  https://github.com/boostorg/boost_install/commit/56f7c5da02a62c009954bfa0c9ccb1b57a3096a4
> 
>  Allows toolset detection when using find_package(Boost) from CMake to
>  recognize the new LLVM-based Intel compiler.
> 
>  Issue: https://github.com/boostorg/boost_install/issues/60
> 
> 
>  https://github.com/boostorg/boost_install/commit/534727e8a0583d4fb57d943a6e417f989c4189ba
> 
>  Allows Boost_COMPILER to be set to a list of toolsets, similarly to FindBoost
>  in CMake 3.7 or later.
> 
>  Issue: https://github.com/boostorg/boost_install/issues/63

Go ahead.

— Marshall