The first beta packages for 1.62.0 beta 1 are now available: https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.61.0.beta.1/ The SHA256 checksums are as follows: f7cc83e6a3b03cd7aa8822992aa3e36422cc2214644d69277ef55a4db51f44bd boost_1_62_0_b1.7z 4057993811e40b1fd4719675e44c2550b6c2379546192da2299c17fec9a3dddf boost_1_62_0_b1.tar.bz2 fb0c10b625c5ec47cc837b54740540e400c59571b2eabf427c00f32bffc6ca70 boost_1_62_0_b1.tar.gz b38ef21c43c5ff814a2144bc23871c134164e7f51c71672d0f49a44636fb50b5 boost_1_62_0_b1.zip As always, the release managers would appreciate it if you download the archive of your choice and give building it a try. Please report both success and failure, and anything else that is noteworthy. Thanks! -- The release managers -- -- Rene Rivera -- Grafik - Don't Assume Anything -- Robot Dreams - http://robot-dreams.net -- rrivera/acm.org (msn) - grafikrobot/aim,yahoo,skype,efnet,gmail