Re: [boost] Re: ATTN: Branch for release is scheduled for tonight

From: Victor A. Wagner Jr. (vawjr_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-10-20 01:55:39

What actions (if any) are the regression testers expect to do to handle 
this "branch"?
I presume if any are required that the boost-testing list will be so notified.

At Tuesday 2004-10-19 09:58, you wrote:
>Martin Wille wrote:
>>Aleksey Gurtovoy wrote:
>>
>>>I'll post another notice right before the branching, and yet another one 
>>>when it's complete.
>>
>>Shouldn't the Boost.Test failures be fixed first?
>
>It's never been the case that all bugs must be fixed before branching. In 
>fact, I'm a little surprised that we waited this long before 
>branching.  Of course, it would be much better if the codebase were kept 
>much cleaner ongoingly.
>
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