Re: [eigen] 3.0-beta3 released!

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Oh, thanks Hauke! I got it wrong. Anyway, this is awesome news, as it
means that beta3 should be entirely safe for MSVC users!

Benoit

2011/2/13 Hauke Heibel <hauke.heibel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> A tiny correction. The only remaining MSVC related error is
>
>  83: [MSVC] Compilation error in Visual Studio 2008
>
> which is a bug related to std::deque.
>
> - Hauke
>
> On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 1:30 AM, Benoit Jacob <jacob.benoit.1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Eigen 3.0-beta3 is released.
>>
>> Download: http://bitbucket.org/eigen/eigen/get/3.0-beta3.tar.bz2
>>
>> A ChangeLog is available at:
>>  http://eigen.tuxfamily.org/index.php?title=ChangeLog#Eigen_3.0-beta3
>>
>> This email only goes a few important bullet points.
>>
>> * Testing always welcome: http://eigen.tuxfamily.org/index.php?title=Tests
>> * The API should now be 100% stable
>> * The migration path from Eigen 2 is ready and documented:
>>    http://eigen.tuxfamily.org/dox-devel/Eigen2SupportModes.html
>> * The final 3.0 release should follow very soon now.
>>
>> *** Caveat ***
>>
>> We have unresolved strict-aliasing-related issues with GCC 4.3. See bug 89:
>>   http://eigen.tuxfamily.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=89
>>
>> Also, we still have one test failure with MSVC 2010 64bit, which is a
>> MSVC compiler bug that still needs to get a work-around:
>> http://eigen.tuxfamily.org/CDash/viewTest.php?onlydelta&buildid=4958
>>
>> *** Celebration ***
>>
>> If you've followed the development, you know that this milestone marks
>> when we're virtually ready for the 3.0 release. In particular, test
>> coverage dramatically expanded since beta2, with the BLAS test suite
>> fully passing, the LAPACK tests, the Eigen2 test suite passing against
>> the newly expanded Eigen2 compatibility mode, and the new failtests.
>> All of that allowed to fix many bugs --- and keep them away forever.
>>
>> For the past two weeks, we've been primarily fighting compiler issues,
>> mostly MSVC bugs. We've very close now to releasing 3.0 final knowing
>> that it's an entirely safe upgrade for all users.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Benoit
>>
>>
>>
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