Re: [boost] 1.35 release procedure questions

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-10-31 14:15:21

Jeff Garland wrote:
> Daniel James wrote:
>> Andreas Huber wrote:
>>> Given the instructions at
>>>
>>> <http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/ImprovingPractices#Mergingchangesfromdevelopmenttrunktoreleasebranch>
>>>
>>> I'm supposed to wait for an announcement to merge my trunk changes to the 
>>> release branch.
>> I don't think that page is up to date. I have no idea about the details 
>> but earlier this week Beman wrote:
>>
>>  > I'll be traveling Thursday through Tuesday, and will start moving
>>  > libraries to the release branch when I get back.
>>
>> http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2007/10/129169.php
> 
> I believe Beman will either do the merge himself or ask individual developers 
> to do the merge.  I do know that we want to avoid a 'merge free for all'.

Exactly.

I'll start checking later today, but I'm hoping that the vast majority 
of all libraries are in a good enough state that they can be moved to 
the release branch as a group. That will save endless trouble, both for 
release managers and individual developers.

--Beman