Re: [boost] Subversion

From: Jeff Garland (jeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-01 08:54:15

On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 14:37:45 +0200, Simon Richter wrote
> Hi,
> 
>...
>
> Boost mainly consists of a set of "subsystems", which each have 
> their respective maintainers, and only a few "glue" files that are 
> mainly touched by the release managers. 

Not true.  Various developers often contribute changes into a whole range of
common files and across the tree.  This includes things like config changes
affecting multiple libs, web pages, etc.    

> IMO, it would make sense to 
> express this in the repository structure by having each subsystem 
> maintained in a separate branch, and the "master" repository updated 
> from these branches when they are fit for inclusion (similar to the 
> Linux development model).

This still might make sense to evaluate, but not b/c of the point above...

Jeff