Re: [boost] Proposal for radically altered approach to releases

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-05-11 14:58:29

"Simon Carter" <simon.carter_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:loom.20060511T171525-434_at_post.gmane.org...
> Beman Dawes <bdawes <at> acm.org> writes:
>>
>> http://mysite.verizon.net/beman/release_overview.html.
>>
> The link is broken for me.
>
> I don't mind how the release is managed so long as I can use some kind of
> numbering system to completely identify the version of boost I have. As a
> minimum the overall boost version number should be incremented everytime
> anything in the release branch changes.
>
> I'm thinking of cases where I know my app worked with (say) boost 1_30_0 
> but not
> with 1_32_0 - I need to be able to go back to the earlier version without
> jumping through hoops to reconstruct the state of the release branch at a
> particular point in time.

Good point. I've added a note to that effect, and suggested a number scheme 
based on the current practice.

Thanks,

--Beman

PS: I'll update the proposal on the web as soon as I work through 
outstanding comments.