Status Report II

Hi,

This is the status of the 1.34.0 release as I see it. I'll
update it  
on a roughly weekly basis. The main purpose of this is to
make people  
aware of outstanding issues and maybe motivate some
volunteers.

Well by now everybody should have noticed that the beta
release did  
not happen before new years. Lets try the same thing for
2007 then.  
That being said we are slowly inching forward. Some of the
issues in  
the last report have been fixed. For a (probably incomplete)
list of  
things please look at the end of this message


New Issues
**********

- build

     Possible documentation issue. http://article.gmane.org/ 
gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/152751. No known fix.

- date_time

     Fails qcc-3.3.5_gpp. No known fix.

     Possible documentation issue. http://article.gmane.org/ 
gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/152753. No known fix.

- ptr_map

     Thorsten proposed a patch as a follow up of this
message http:// 
article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/152788.
     I'd really like to have another set of eyes look at
this before  
it goes in.

- test

     http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/1
52728. So  
far I did not get a definitive answer
     on whether this is a problem or not.

- thread

     http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.testing
/3790.
     Roland what is the status on this one?


Existing Issues
***************

Regression Tests
================


- concept_check

     Regressions for borland 5.8.2 and msvc 6.5. These
should all be  
marked expected.
     Jeremy is going to take care of this. Jeremy?

- regex

     Fails msvc-6.5 no known fix.

- test

     Fails darwin-4.0.1, cw-9.4 no known fix.

- utility

     Fails gcc-3.4.5_linux_x86_64 no know fix.

As I said we are getting close, but we *really* need people
to look  
at the outstanding issues.

Build
=====

- v2 transition

     There still seem to exist vestiges of the old build
system in  
some places. See here:
     http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.build/147
68

     This issue is unresolved as of now. We are seeking help
and input.

Inspection
==========

- File name guidelines

     We still have 4 file/directory names issues in the
following  
components

      boost/archive/basic_streambuf_locale_saver.hpp:
       *N* name exceeds 31 characters
      tools/build/v2/example/make/main.cpp.pro:
       *N* name contains more than one dot character ('.')
     
libs/test/build/msvc71_proj/config_file_iterator_test.vcproj
:
       *N* name exceeds 31 characters
      regression/.htaccess:
       *N* leading character of ".htaccess" is not
alphabetic

     I consider these showstoppers for the final release.
Could the  
respective
     library authors please take care of this, now?

- Broken Links

     We still show 116 broken links. Is the report broken or
the docs?

- License Copyright

     We still have  large number of license copyright
issues. To me  
the do we really need a license/copyright for xxx
     discussion is not very productive. My personal attitude
is get  
over it and fix it. While this is not a showstopper
     fixing them will be well received by our users and now
is the  
time to do it.

Fixed Issues
************

- Lots of probably configuration related regressions in some
msvc tests.

     Configuration fixed. Thanks Aleksey.

- iostreams

     Fixed for cw-9.4. Thanks Joaquin.

- Getting Started Guide

     This is now ready for release as I understand it.
Thanks Dave!

- File name guidelines

     The following were fixed

      boost/graph/maximum_cardinality_matching.hpp:
       *N* name exceeds 31 characters
      libs/graph/doc/lengauer_tarjan_dominator_tree.htm:
       *N* name exceeds 31 characters
      libs/graph/doc/sorted_erdos_renyi_generator.html:
       *N* name exceeds 31 characters

Please let me know of issues not covered here. I'll add them
to the  
list.

Thanks

Thomas



Thomas Witt
wittacm.org


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On Thursday 04 January 2007 11:48, Thomas Witt wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> This is the status of the 1.34.0 release as I see it.
I'll update it  
> on a roughly weekly basis. The main purpose of this is
to make people  
> aware of outstanding issues and maybe motivate some
volunteers.
> 
> Well by now everybody should have noticed that the beta
release did  
> not happen before new years. Lets try the same thing
for 2007 then.  
> That being said we are slowly inching forward. Some of
the issues in  
> the last report have been fixed. For a (probably
incomplete) list of  
> things please look at the end of this message
> 
> 
> New Issues
> **********
> 
> - build
> 
>      Possible documentation issue. http://article.gmane.org/ 
> gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/152751. No known fix.

All errors except for one are fixed. The remaining one is
some 
docbook/XSLT quirk that does not seem to affect the result.


> Build
> =====
> 
> - v2 transition
> 
>      There still seem to exist vestiges of the old
build system in  
> some places. See here:
>      http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.build/147
68
> 
>      This issue is unresolved as of now. We are seeking
help and input.

FWIW, I've just grepped for "bjam" over RC branch.
I attach the list of
files that possibly need update. There's one fille that
really should be updated
-- separate_compilation.html. 

As far as various library docs are concerned, I believe it's
a mistake for
those docs to describe building at all, and the docs better
refer to the
getting started document. That said, updating the docs
should not require
any deep bjam knowledge beyond:

   http://boost.org/boost-
build2/doc/html/bbv2/advanced/differences_to_v1/build_proces
s.html

>       tools/build/v2/example/make/main.cpp.pro:
>        *N* name contains more than one dot character
('.')

Fixed now.

- Volodya
libs/date_time/xmldoc/buildinfo.xml

    Requires update to V2.

libs/iostreams/doc/installation.html

    Needs update.    

libs/python/doc/building.html

    Needs update.

libs/python/doc/tutorial/doc/html/python/hello.html
libs/python/doc/tutorial/doc/tutorial.qbk
libs/python/doc/v2/faq.html
libs/python/example/README

    Did not look.
    
libs/regex/doc/install.html

    Needs update.

libs/serialization/doc/archive_reference.html

    Needs update.
    
libs/serialization/test/runtest.bat
libs/serialization/test/runtest.ksh
libs/serialization/test/runtest.sh

    Need update.

libs/signals/doc/tutorial.xml

    Possibly needs update.

libs/statechart/test/RunTests.bat

    Needs update.

libs/statechart/example/BuildExamples.bat

    Needs update.

libs/test/doc/components/prg_exec_monitor/compilation.html

    Needs update.

libs/test/doc/components/utf/compilation.html

    Needs update.

libs/test/test/auto-link-test/run_bjam.bat

    Needs update.

libs/thread/doc/build.xml

    Needs update.

more/separate_compilation.html
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