Re: [boost] [1.75 release] Merging 'develop' to 'master' for Embarcadero fix

On 11/6/2020 10:33 AM, Glen Fernandes via Boost wrote:

On Friday, November 6, 2020, Edward Diener via Boost wrote:

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There has been no effort to merge the 'develop' branch of 'random' into 'master' and now the deadline for doing so has passed, at least for the beta release. Can anyone look into doing this and maintaining the 'random' library, at least for the future ? It is disappointing to me that my simple fix which would allow the Embarcadero C++ clang-based compiler to use Boost random will not get in the upcoming release, because it is the only Boost library of which I know for which my fixes to allow the Embarcadero C++ clang-based compilers to work properly has not been applied for the 1.75 release.

If someone is willing to contribute an Embarcadero C++ clang-based tester to the Boost regression test matrix, it would probably make it easier for maintainers to support this compiler going forward.

I discussed this with Embarcadero, hoping they could contribute. While I certainly think it is important, it is of prior importance that Boost allow the Embarcadero C++ clang-based compilers to at least compile/link Boost libraries correctly. This is what I have been trying to do with my fixes, incidentally discovering Embarcadero C++ clang-based compiler bugs along the way and reporting them to Embarcadero. If I can fully accomplish my initial aim, which I was hoping to do by this 1.75 release, maybe Embarcadero can be convinced to be more pro-active in supporting Boost with regression tests, free versions for Boost developers, and some CI testing framework for Embarcadero C++ clang-based compilers. But until I can accomplish this basic goal, I doubt Embarcadero will listen if I ask them again to be involved in supporting Boost with their clang-based compiler(s). The fact that it has taken a nearless endless amount of cajoling by me, just to accept the necessary fixes so that the Embarcadero C++ clang-based compilers can use Boost libraries. is disappointing to me. But I do realize that Boost libraries are supported by maintainers freely in their free time, and that maintainers are always doing their best.