Re: [Boost-users] Re: Errors in date_time module

From: Jeff Garland (jeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-02-20 17:43:16

On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 14:28:01 -0700, Victor A. Wagner Jr. wrote
> At Sunday 2005-02-20 04:24, you wrote:
> >Victor A. Wagner Jr. wrote:
> >
> >He also supplied a patch for Boost 1.32.0.
> >
> >>I recommend to boost that we not accept patches for the compiler. IMO we 
> >>cannot afford the effort.
> >
> >I think that should be up to the maintainers of the individual libraries.
> 
> perhaps, but it screws up the regression testing also.
> I say it's not worth the effort, period.

Well, I wouldn't let that happen :) The bottom line here is that if these
changes get put in, there will be no regression tester that validates their
correctness since we don't test with this old compiler.  And before I check in
I'll be doing the usual work to try and make sure more modern compilers are
not impacted.  

All this said, the changes are substantial and they aren't my highest priority
so it will be some time before anything happens.

Jeff