Re: [boost] develop -> master merges

Subject: Re: [boost] develop -> master merges
From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-12-18 08:27:26

On 18.12.2013 17:21, Daniel James wrote:
> On 18 December 2013 13:08, Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> On 18.12.2013 16:59, Daniel James wrote:
>>>
>>> On 18 December 2013 12:27, Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It seems that bootstrap.sh is hard to move, it should be at the top
>>>> level.
>>>
>>>
>>> Why not:
>>>
>>> #!/bin/sh
>>> exec submodule/booststrap_impl.sh
>>
>>
>> That would create a module with two or three files in it. Putting this in
>> tools/build is not really
>> appropriate, and that one is meant to be independent. It seems more trouble
>> than doing cherry-pick.
>
> I don't really want to get into an argument about this, as I don't
> care that much and it's a bit of a bike shed, but there are a lot of
> boost specific files that could go into a submodule, such as the test
> build. Maybe some of the documentation stuff as well. This submodule
> could also have wider write access than the super project.

I don't care much either, as soon as 'a submodule' is something separate from
'build'. (Which presumably means that things stay as they are in immediate
future).

- Volodya