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: Michael (mwpowellhtx_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-07-15 10:46:55

On July 15, 2015 10:25:44 AM EDT, Marshall Clow <mclow.lists_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 9:20 PM, Gavin Lambert <gavinl_at_[hidden]>
>wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>After we ship the beta, before the 1.59.0 release, library maintainers
>will
>have time to fix bugs that were found in the beta.

All due respect, but this is a gross mis-characterization of the reported concern.

Fixes that are in develop *now* (i.e. before RC) should be merged, or at least staged, then perhaps patched, for consideration.

I could be incorrect in how I've observed that issue.

>-- Marshall
>
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