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

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-05-12 17:37:42

Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> writes:

> A draft proposal is available at 
> http://mysite.verizon.net/beman/release_overview.html.
>
> I've put a fair amount of thought into this proposal, and have run some 
> Subversion simulations to make sure it works smoothly.
>
> What do others think?

Mostly great.  I'm concerned about these time slots.  They don't seem
necessary in principle since subversion has atomic commits, and they
seem like they could introduce spurious lock contention on the
repository.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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