Re: [boost] SVN repo structure... [was: Subversion structure in KDE]

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-31 00:41:55

on Wed May 30 2007, Stefan Seefeld <seefeld-AT-sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Rene Rivera wrote:
>> Ping... Any comments on this? It would be nice if people voice some 
>> comments on this subject now. Instead of later when we would have to 
>> move a bunch of directories around.
>
> Yes, this looks reasonable to me.
>
>> [boost-svn]
>>     boost
>>       stable (full boost tree here)
>>       devel (full boost tree here)
>>       branches
>>         my_branch (full boost tree here)
>>         cmake_a (full boost tree here)
>>         cmake_b (full boost tree here)
>>       tags
>>         boost_1_33_1 (full boost tree here)
>>         boost_1_34_0 (full boost tree here)
>>     sandbox
>>       devel
>>         xml (partial boost tree here)
>>         explore  (partial boost tree here)
>>       branches
>>         xml_b0 (partial boost tree here)
>>         explore_b0  (partial boost tree here)
>>       tags
>>         xml_for_review (partial boost tree here)
>>         explore_for_review  (partial boost tree here)
>
> I'm still not convinced that the branching in the sandbox
> should happen outside the projects (as opposed to let each
> sandbox project organize its own substructure), but I don't
> have a strong opinion there.

I agree with Stefan.  And that goes for the non-sandbox areas too.  
What is the point of pushing **library-specific** branches and tags up
to the top level?

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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