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

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-05-12 17:38:27

"Beman Dawes" <bdawes_at_[hidden]> writes:

> "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.

SVN tags each state of the repository with a sequential number, so
even intermediate states can be identified with those.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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