Re: [boost] Boost Development Environment proposal

From: Sebastian Redl (sebastian.redl_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-06-04 18:10:42

Michael Marcin wrote:
> We use 1 svn:external per project that points to an shared directory in my 
> companies repository.
> I find it a constant source of trouble.  People forget that they must branch 
> the external separately and make erroneous checkins.
In the proposed scheme, no one would ever branch the place where the
externals are, only the imported subtrees.
>   When they branch the 
> external it generally is branched with a different name than the other 
> branch as it must account for the name of the projec that is branching it. 
>   
This shouldn't matter either, because the externals should only refer to
the stable versions of the libraries, and development branches shouldn't
be referred to anyway.
> Our server address is different for remote access and on site access.  The 
> external must be updated locally to point to the external address and if it 
> gets checked in accidently it breaks things.
I don't think Boost would have more than one address. If it does, this
will be a real problem.
>   It may just be my client 
> (TortoiseSVN) but if I show log on the folder with the external its contents 
> are considered changes to an unrelated path and hidden when that option is 
> enabled.
>   
Don't know anything about this.

Sebastian Redl