Re: [boost] Re: [1.33.0] Feature freeze tonight

From: Douglas Gregor (doug.gregor_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-04-29 09:35:29

On Apr 24, 2005, at 5:52 AM, David Abrahams wrote:

> Douglas Gregor <doug.gregor_at_[hidden]> writes:
>
>> At midnight tonight (Friday) the main trunk/CVS HEAD is feature-frozen
>> and only bug fixes may be committed. New features should go on a
>> separate development branch.
>
> Does that go for new libraries where it isn't possible to cause a
> regression with respect to 1.32.0?  The Boost Parameters library is
> currently checked in, but not in the state we intended.  The features
> we have now are in very good shape, but several extensions were
> requested that we intended to have implemented for this release and
> "of course" we need to re-do all the documentation.  I realize docs
> are in a different class from everything else...

We have a lot of regressions and a lot of new failures. Changes to 
entirely new libraries have a much lower risk associated with them, but 
you know that... I'd rather not see more extensions added to any 
library at this point, but if they are *really* small and *really* safe 
I guess it's okay.

        Doug