Re: [release] Boost 1.85.0

From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2024-05-27 14:47:15

On 5/25/24 01:16, Andrey Semashev wrote:
> On 5/24/24 03:22, Peter Dimov via Boost wrote:
>> Andrey Semashev wrote:
>>> By the way, checking out boost-1.85.0 of the superproject, I can see it
>>> references Boost.Log commit
>>> 2d932ddcb5b05a9b2cc0a9df2d8a6ff88883f2b3
>>> (the correct one). The superproject was updated to reference this commit in
>>> 45b56569ecf9e256bc4e0cc01846ecadcacb91c1.
>>>
>>> So, currently, the superproject's tag boost-1.85.0 does not reference
>>> Boost.Log's boost-1.85.0. Which is another reason to fix the tag in Boost.Log.
>>
>> It's been reported that the Boost.Wave tag is also wrong.
>>
>> Someone should write a quick script to check all the tags. These are probably
>> not the only ones.
> 
> Here's the script:
> 
> cd <boost-root>
> git checkout boost-1.85.0
> git submodule foreach git checkout boost-1.85.0
> git submodule status --cached | grep -E '^\+'
> 
> This will show the list of submodules, for which the currently checked
> out commit (i.e. the submodule's boost-1.85.0 tag) doesn't match the
> commit referenced by the superproject. The commit SHA it'll show is the
> commit referenced by the superproject.
> 
> The output on my machine is:
> 
> +e65367991cb5fbdb8a7cf218ae38f69ca9a0a9f5 libs/asio
> (asio-1.10.9-1298-ge6536799)
> +98b8be489fa7a74753a724d8d0772d90bcbed0fc libs/beast
> (boost-1.85.0-12-g98b8be48)
> +6865e94cc56a33bb8b162bf8d62cfe620b06d2b6 libs/bimap
> (boost-1.82.0-8-g6865e94)
> +0b813affb41e0dd2a42c3c34033f4ae68431b3e9 libs/cobalt
> (boost-1.84.0-7-g0b813af)
> +bba8d5f1011afc61b9fbaf0e96417d72cb09f8ec libs/compat
> (boost-1.84.0-5-gbba8d5f)
> +083b41c17e34f1fc9b43ab796b40d0d8bece685c libs/core
> (boost-1.85.0-2-g083b41c)
> +50719b212349f3d1268285c586331584d3dbfeb5 libs/describe
> (boost-1.85.0-2-g50719b2)
> +a0c8edba38a4d31b449fcf7b7ada455977342596 libs/filesystem
> (filesystem-2014-07-23-813-ga0c8edb)
> +f82eb32da79641697583a43be9988d7517d8553c libs/geometry
> (geometry-1.56.0-5991-gf82eb32da)
> +07ba0e376177409c396c109807c13b7181a98ebe libs/intrusive
> (boost-1.85.0-4-g07ba0e3)
> +9f85ed6d62ff91c6dc4fc30e3a20e9049ec67585 libs/json
> (boost-1.85.0-7-g9f85ed6)
> +5edb7eb4f4848546d3d285598374b5d37daae387 libs/locale
> (boost-1.85.0-2-g5edb7eb)
> +2d932ddcb5b05a9b2cc0a9df2d8a6ff88883f2b3 libs/log (boost-1.85.0-3-g2d932dd)
> +434a017db4c7abc115d8a8ae08a446b70feb34f2 libs/math
> (boost-1.85.0-8-g434a017db)
> +f607d5154df4a5cc7f5ae014f0796f0b21b8bfc4 libs/msm (boost-1.85.0-6-gf607d51)
> +d702a48363997f65fb717346f6694e0703902f8a libs/multi_index
> (boost-1.84.0-2-gd702a48)
> +51e01210078bae160ebc9fc4ede9281928d5b3c1 libs/multiprecision
> (boost-1.85.0-2-g51e01210)
> +6397d04ff55741a29ca2c93975e26226cf773a7d libs/mysql
> (boost-1.85.0-3-g6397d04f)
> +72429c3f48a1e70c08b5bd922ddebf7acddcbfb4 libs/nowide (v10.0.2-315-g72429c3)
> +1e3270d8106a59ac0b9c6e317fbfc836d2c66427 libs/outcome
> (boost-1.85.0-28-g1e3270d8)
> +449bf360f7d7a945639710b0fbb670ffde70e772 libs/pfr
> (before_precise-542-g449bf36)
> +406cd3ecf36c19b94b4376241a4b3b43d1eae308 libs/process
> (boost-1.84.0-12-g406cd3e)
> +27f927694547277f845ae855e80b96be252f826c libs/program_options
> (boost-1.85.0-1-g27f9276)
> +b6e1280075fa0f2c71af3c7b89ef2717aa922557 libs/redis
> (boost-1.85.0-2-gb6e1280)
> +351b03d5220510a1b6738cc378659b6d85c8a4da libs/stacktrace
> (boost_review_2-281-g351b03d)
> +a701cafb6be0021cf8e154cab5fc5d680c863f06 libs/timer
> (boost-1.85.0-1-ga701caf)
> +5e6b9291deb55567d41416af1e77c2516dc1250f libs/unordered
> (boost-1.85.0-2-g5e6b9291)
> +ff36c3aa1f82d1d9a55fd006dd47cf380fc517c0 libs/variant2
> (boost-1.85.0-4-gff36c3a)
> +c11757decf393f6f1cf46f3f70b0bf892cdda5ee libs/wave
> (boost-1.84.0-9-gc11757d)
> +efbf6ce59b4023f7adc9be2fc3875d371c7f52c6 tools/build
> (converted-master-7425-gefbf6ce59)
> 
> Something's really wrong with release tagging.

I've created an issue:

https://github.com/boostorg/release-tools/issues/64

So what's the way forward? Do I have the permission to fix the tags in
my libraries?