Re: [Boost-users] [boost] Boost 1_59_0_b1_rc1 is available for testing

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [boost] Boost 1_59_0_b1_rc1 is available for testing
From: Gavin Lambert (gavinl_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-07-15 00:20:40

On 15/07/2015 14:59, Edward Diener wrote:
> Because MPL is so central to everything it seems it is too late to get
> these fixes into 'master', have the regression tested on 'master' and
> into the upcoming release at this point.

Take this with a grain of salt, since I'm not a library maintainer or 
release manager, but:

Since it's still at a beta release stage (if I'm understanding 
correctly), this seems to me like the perfect time to merge bugfixes, 
especially ones that have already been tested on develop.

Part of the point of having a beta cycle is to discover these 
accidentally-left-out elements and correct them.

In my view it's far better to delay the release slightly (if that would 
even happen in this case, which it might not) than to ship with known 
bugs for which fixes are already committed.  (When fixes are yet to be 
developed, it's a different story, of course.)

Again, this view might change a little if the fixes are breaking 
changes, but I presume this is not the case since they're tested on 
develop.  Or it just means a few more fixes might need to be merged as well.