temporary fix for boost 1.58 plus various improvments

ap/ledger/boost-1.58.diff

@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+diff --git a/src/account.h b/src/account.h
+index 76e839e..0b55ce9 100644
+--- a/src/account.h
++++ b/src/account.h
+@@ -261,11 +261,7 @@ public:
+   mutable optional<xdata_t> xdata_;
+ 
+   bool has_xdata() const {
+-#if BOOST_VERSION >= 105600
+-    return xdata_ != NULL;
+-#else
+-    return xdata_;
+-#endif
++      return !!(xdata_);
+   }
+   void clear_xdata();
+   xdata_t& xdata() {
+diff --git a/src/filters.cc b/src/filters.cc
+index 2f97a0e..b6530c0 100644
+--- a/src/filters.cc
++++ b/src/filters.cc
+@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ namespace {
+     insert_prices_in_map(price_map_t& _all_prices)
+       : all_prices(_all_prices) {}
+ 
+-    void operator()(datetime_t& date, const amount_t& price) {
++    void operator()(const datetime_t& date, const amount_t& price) {
+       all_prices.insert(price_map_t::value_type(date, price));
+     }
+   };
+diff --git a/src/item.h b/src/item.h
+index 458cb37..aa55e41 100644
+--- a/src/item.h
++++ b/src/item.h
+@@ -191,11 +191,7 @@ public:
+   static bool use_aux_date;
+ 
+   virtual bool has_date() const {
+-#if BOOST_VERSION >= 105600
+-    return _date != NULL;
+-#else
+-    return _date;
+-#endif
++      return !!(_date);
+   }
+ 
+   virtual date_t date() const {
+diff --git a/src/iterators.cc b/src/iterators.cc
+index 21bec5d..0225e21 100644
+--- a/src/iterators.cc
++++ b/src/iterators.cc
+@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ namespace {
+       TRACE_DTOR(create_price_xact);
+     }
+ 
+-    void operator()(datetime_t& date, const amount_t& price) {
++    void operator()(const datetime_t& date, const amount_t& price) {
+       xact_t * xact;
+       string   symbol = price.commodity().symbol();
+ 
+diff --git a/src/parser.h b/src/parser.h
+index e46fc71..25c4a7e 100644
+--- a/src/parser.h
++++ b/src/parser.h
+@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public:
+ 
+   ptr_op_t parse(std::istream&           in,
+                  const parse_flags_t&    flags           = PARSE_DEFAULT,
+-                 const optional<string>& original_string = NULL);
++                 const optional<string>& original_string = boost::none);
+ };
+ 
+ } // namespace ledger
+diff --git a/src/post.h b/src/post.h
+index 1e5fc56..7796293 100644
+--- a/src/post.h
++++ b/src/post.h
+@@ -205,11 +205,7 @@ public:
+   mutable optional<xdata_t> xdata_;
+ 
+   bool has_xdata() const {
+-#if BOOST_VERSION >= 105600
+-    return xdata_ != NULL;
+-#else
+-    return xdata_;
+-#endif
++      return !!(xdata_);
+   }
+   void clear_xdata() {
+     xdata_ = none;
+diff --git a/src/times.h b/src/times.h
+index c1bfb1c..0cb05ff 100644
+--- a/src/times.h
++++ b/src/times.h
+@@ -568,11 +568,7 @@ public:
+   void   stabilize(const optional<date_t>& date = none);
+ 
+   bool   is_valid() const {
+-#if BOOST_VERSION >= 105600
+-    return start != NULL;
+-#else
+-    return start;
+-#endif
++      return !!(start);
+   }
+ 
+   /** Find the current or next period containing date.  Returns false if

ap/ledger/ledger.SlackBuild

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=$(basename $CWD)
-BRANCH=${BRANCH:="ALPHA"}
+BRANCH=${BRANCH:="RELEASE"}
 VERSION=${VERSION:=2.6.3}
 ARCH=${ARCH:-$(uname -m)}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
@@ -53,18 +53,17 @@ find . \
 
 case $BRANCH in
 	"RELEASE")
-		git checkout v$VERSION
+	    git checkout -b stable v$VERSION
-		;;
+	    ;;
 	"CURRENT")
-		git checkout maint
+	    git checkout -b master origin/master
-		;;
+	    ;;
 	"BETA")
-		git checkout -b master origin/master
+	    git checkout -b $VERSION release/$VERSION
-		;;
+	    ;;
 	"ALPHA")
-# 		git checkout -b next origin/next
+	    git checkout -b next origin/next
- 		git checkout next
+	    ;;
-	;;
 	*)
 esac
 [ $BRANCH != "RELEASE" ] && VERSION=${BRANCH}_$(date +%Y.%m.%d_%H.%M)
@@ -72,6 +71,8 @@ esac
 # we might be held behind a firewall
 #sed -i 's|git:|http:|g' $(grep -l "git:" .* -r)
 
+patch -p1 -i $CWD/boost-1.58.diff
+
 ./acprep pull
 
 ./acprep --prefix=/usr --python opt config -- -DUSE_PYTHON=ON -DUSE_DOXYGEN=ON -DBUILD_EMACSLISP=ON