Re: [boost] 1.35 release approach (was [1.34.0] Deadline)

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-01 11:30:21

Jeff Garland wrote:

> The bottleneck I see is the regression testers. Right now Thomas
> needs them to keep running against 1.34 for final patches he's adding
> in. Going forward, I believe we will need significant time and energy
> from the regression runners as we test the subversion switchover.
> What I'd like to see happen is that instead of going back to main
> branch after Thomas is done we swap the regression testers over to
> the 1.35 branch immediately.  The folks testing main can be the first
> beta-testers for subversion switchover.

The problem with this scheme - from a library developer point of view - is 
that one cannot experiment with new features since nobody is testing HEAD. 
One possible outcome is then for 1.35 to become a de-facto HEAD and absorb 
most of the new development.