In article <007501c5a829$4e871bd0$6601a8c0@pdimov2>, "Peter Dimov" <pdimov@mmltd.net> wrote:
Ben Artin wrote:
Sure, bugs happen. My main point here is that we should make sure we learn something from them -- or, more importantly, that we should learn something from them *before* our users learn that Mac OS X releases of boost are not thoroughly tested.
The lesson here is that we can't test everything and that we must make a beta or an RC available earlier. We've had similar configuration-specific bugs before, and they weren't caused by platform-specific implementations. Alpha testing simply can't obviate the need for beta tests.
I agree. I understand what a bitch it can be to work with CVS branches and merging, so I understand the desire to minimize the divergence between the release branch and the mainline, but a longer period of (more thorough) testing would probably be a good idea. In particular, I am sufficiently busy that I didn't even have the time to look at the new release between first candidate and final release. I don't think I am the only one. Ben -- I changed my name: <http://periodic-kingdom.org/People/NameChange.php>