A new release candidates for the first 1.70.0 beta release are now available at: https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/beta/1.70.0.beta1.rc2/source/ Changes since the last RC: * The Jamfile for Boost.Predef has been updated to allow running the tests from /status. Thanks to mike.dev@gmx.de for the report, and to Rene for the fix. The release notes are not yet available. The SHA256 checksums are as follows: 26dba8156ad08041c6da52c84a2654aefda292180afe3546a9a74dda0dfb3781 ./boost_1_70_0_b1_rc2.7z ee794d98429bc2bfae054f2fab6fde53ea95f7c5967d8b267e57c894a4d46e57 ./boost_1_70_0_b1_rc2.tar.bz2 bca5f189d87b26ab903838dee2fd4c54e9043bd35d27b8923cdef42651ae7261 ./boost_1_70_0_b1_rc2.tar.gz 6c8f3af4e64d3a04a3d3a5e98499d2f6bb460ad82c1f33ff7da800b5ab182b0b ./boost_1_70_0_b1_rc2.zip As always, the release managers would appreciate it if you download the candidate of your choice and give building it a try. Please report both success and failure, and anything else that is noteworthy. -- The Boost Release Managers