Re: [boost] [release] Boost 1.62.0 release available

30 Sep 2016

      On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 3:32 PM, Rene Rivera  wrote:
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Release 1.62.0 of the Boost C++ Libraries is now available.
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The SHA256 checksums are as follows:
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 boost_1_62_0.7z
36c96b0f6155c98404091d8ceb48319a28279ca0333fba1ad8611eb90afb2ca0
 boost_1_62_0.tar.bz2
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 boost_1_62_0.tar.gz
084b2e0638bbe0975a9e43e21bc9ceae33ef11377aecab3268a57cf41e405d4e
 boost_1_62_0.zip
As noted for the 1.61.0 release:

    No, it's not released yet.

    It's not released until there are associated with the files
    immediately-obvious digital signatures that can be verified with a
    well known personal public key (like that of Vladimir Prus).

For more details on why this is valuable, see here:

* Subject: Boost libraries cannot yet be trusted
  Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 18:15:30 -0000
  http://mid.gmane.org/

* Subject: [release] Tags are not being used correctly
  Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2016 00:58:52 -0000
  http://mid.gmane.org/

Sincerely,
Michael Witten