Re: [boost] Re: Fixes and additions for each release

From: Terje Slettebø (tslettebo_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-10-30 17:57:07

>From: "Edward Diener" <eddielee_at_[hidden]>

> "David Abrahams" <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
> news:upttrai55.fsf_at_boost-consulting.com...
> > "Edward Diener" <eddielee_at_[hidden]> writes:
> >
> > > I know that one can do a diff on each version of Boost to find out
what
> has
> > > changed for a particular library, but I think that it would be very
> helpful
> > > for implementors using Boost to know what specifically has been added
or
> > > changed for each library in explanatory form. Does this information
> exist or
> > > has such an idea ever been discussed before ?
> >
> > No, it hasn't AFAIK. However, I like it. It certainly sounds a lot
> > more useful than per-header changelogs.
>
> Quite honestly I do not even see per-header changelogs in the headers at
> which I am looking. Perhaps they can be generated when one pulls a file
out
> of CVS, but I don't see them appearing in the headers which are
distributed.

That's probably because it's adviced against that in the Boost
recommendations. :) (http://www.boost.org/more/lib_guide.htm): "Including
revision history in source files is no longer recommended; the publicly
available CVS repository better serves that purpose."

I think Dave referred to the CVS diffs.

Regards,

Terje