[boost] Re: plans for a bugfix release ?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-08-05 06:08:08

Aleksey Gurtovoy <agurtovoy_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>> Thanks for all the testing; the release looks pretty darned great!
>
> Just to make sure it's understood - although "expected", all the green
> failures are still failures. Not that we can do much about them, of course.
>
>>From a user POV, a darned great release would be the one for which
> http://www.meta-comm.com/engineering/resources/cvs_RC_1_30_0/user_summary_page.html
> would reveal a clear green field, without any "details" links to
> check.

Yep.

>>
> http://www.meta-comm.com/engineering/resources/cvs_RC_1_30_0/developer_result_page.html
>>
>> Only one red box (intel-7.1-stlport lexical_cast)!
>
> ... which means a regression from 1.30.0 ;). 

Yes, I know.

> To be fair, quite a few failures have been fixed (dark green cells)

Yes.

> http://www.meta-comm.com/engineering/resources/cvs_RC_1_30_0/developer_summary_page.html
>
> Still, it would be nice if we didn't release until _all_ regressions are
> fixed.

I agree, but nobody seemed to be paying attention to that problem.  I
wonder what our maintenance wizard is up to...?

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com