Re: [boost] Formal Review for Interval Library beginning

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-09-01 14:08:33

From: "Beman Dawes" <bdawes_at_[hidden]>

> At 01:27 PM 9/1/2002, David Abrahams wrote:
>
>  >From: "Thomas Witt" <witt_at_[hidden]>
>  >
>  >> What about a tag is ok as long as an archive(zip) is provided in the
>  >files
>  >> section?
>  >
>  >Isn't it status quo that an archive in the files section is required
>  >already?
>
> Yes, and the Interval Library is there in
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/boost/files/interval/ as a .zip archive,
plus
> the docs are also available there as individual HTML files.
>
> The real question is the sandbox.  If developers happen to be using the
> sandbox CVS for collaboration, as is the case with Interval, do they have
> to branch the sandbox files, or can they continue making changes in the
> main trunk?

IMO the sandbox state should not have to be constrained by the state of the
files section archive. Isn't unrestricted access and experimentation
without affecting the formal boost processes the whole point of the
sandbox?

-Dave

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