Re: [boost] Re: release procedure typo(?)

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-03-11 11:01:05

At 10:36 AM 3/11/2003, Gennadiy Rozental wrote:
 >> > P.S. Could you, please, clarify for me again what is the purpose of
 >this
 >> > tag? How does it related to the fixes I made in trunk after branch is
 >> > created?
 >>
 >> The tag marks the last trunk revision that has been merged into the
 >> branch, so that when you do a merge to the branch you can always do
 >>
 >>         cvs up -jmerged_to_RC_whatever -jHEAD
 >>
 >> Then when you switch back to the trunk (HEAD) you move the
 >> merged_to_RC_whatever tag to point at the HEAD again.
 >
 >Imagine I change the file abc.cpp.
 >
 >1. I commited it im main trank: cvs commit abc.cpp
 >2. I tag it with merged_to_RC_whatever tag (? this is not in a procedure
 >right now)

No! abc.cpp will already have been tagged with merged_to_RC_whatever by the 
release manager (or by you, if you had previously applied a fix according 
to the procedure.)

 >3. I merge it to the release branch
 >
 >Additionally if I need to change it again, before step 2  Iwill nedd to
 >untag it: cvs tag -d merged_to_RC_whatever, which is also is not in 
release
 >procedure right now.
 >
 >Did I get it correct?

No. AFAIK, the release procedure is correct as written, modulo typos. I've 
been using the WinCVS version repeatedly for the better part of a week now, 
and it is working like a charm. Much easier than previous procedures.

Please look at the procedure again and see if it is still unclear.

Thanks,

--Beman