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

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-05-17 11:08:07

"Thomas Witt" <witt_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
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>
> Beman,
>
> I'll comment on the actual proposal later.
>
> Beman Dawes wrote:
>> I propose changing to a different release model, one based on always
>> maintaining a release-ready stable branch and merging updates for
>> individual libraries into it asynchronously.
>
> Just a quick remark. AFAICS the current release process is slowed down
> by the switch to boost.build v2 and I am perfectly willing to take the
> blame for that. The boost.build guys are working hard, some things just
> take time.

The proposal to radically alter the release approach is motivated by a 
general need to scale up the release process as Boost grows, and to decouple 
releases for unrelated libraries.

It isn't a particular problem with 1.34, or any particular release. So 
please don't take the proposal as a criticism of any release or the people 
working on any release.

--Beman