[boost] Re: Boost 1.30.1 released

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-08-06 14:18:57

Daniel Frey <daniel.frey_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Beman Dawes wrote:
>> At 01:18 PM 8/5/2003, Daryle Walker wrote:
>>  >I read on an eXtreme Programming Wiki web-page that the release
>>  >procedure should be automated with a script.  This lowers the chance
>>  >that the release procedure has secret steps that only one person knows.
>>  >  Maybe we should strive for that.
>> Yes. It may be easier to script everything if we move the web
>> hosting to SourceForge, which is under active consideration. (The
>> current procedures use some GUI steps that don't script easily, and
>> the current host doesn't allow shell access.)
>
> What about release candidates? It wouldn't hurt to have someone else
> look at it before calling it a release and it's quite easy to do. All
> it costs is some time, but I think we should invest a few days in more
> stable releases. Also, it's orthogonal to scripting the release
> procedure. :)
>
> Regards, Daniel

Are you ready to volunteer?  It was quite time consuming for me to
release this version.  Of course a script and more instructions
would've made it so much easier...

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Dave Abrahams
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