Re: [release] Boost 1.85.0 Release Candidate 1 is available.

From: Marshall Clow (mclow.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2024-03-07 17:05:59

On Mar 7, 2024, at 8:44 AM, Marshall Clow <mclow.lists_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> 
> Available at: <https://boostorg.jfrog.io/artifactory/main/beta/1.85.0.beta1/source/>
> 
> The SHA256 checksums are as follows:
> 
> fa31215de3a4d2d010c0bc6e42cc63da76be82899f145ea6a6034b5bf3e6e297	boost_1_85_0_b1_rc1.zip
> 3b16d693acd4ee1745b0d9267555f7e34387527a02817f0c81bf8ec963b7c569	boost_1_85_0_b1_rc1.tar.bz2
> 20c7d2ccbbddeb56e618aa80960ea4dd38cbc4912b9a05fefef31c290519154e	boost_1_85_0_b1_rc1.7z
> 7a28cd03e8e48b59a898900c953a9194b8f1efbb8c6149703b7faf08642c0cf7	boost_1_85_0_b1_rc1.tar.gz
> 
> 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 have built the release candidates on two machines (x86_64 and ARM), both running Mac OS 14.3.1 using Apple clang version 15.0.0 (clang-1500.3.9.4)

I used C++ 03/11/14/17 and 20, and all of them except C++03 built successfully.

Also, for each build, b2 emitted an error:
        [errno 2] failed to scan file '': No such file or directory

I have spoken to Rene about the b2 error, and he says:
1. It’s harmless, 
2. It will be fixed for the 1.85.0 release.

— Marshall