Re: [boost] The Release Manager's Point of View

From: Gennadiy Rozental (gennadiy.rozental_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-06-06 20:07:36

"David Abrahams" <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
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>
> on Mon Jun 04 2007, "Gennadiy Rozental" <gennadiy.rozental-AT-thomson.com> 
> wrote:
>
>>> As an example on how bad things are: I would like to merge changes for
>>> 1.34.1 one at a time so that I can identify the change that broke
>>> something. With the current turn-around time, even when the system works
>>> as designed, this is impossible unless we aim for a X-mas release date.
>>
>> IMO, this is not a responsibility of release manger *whatsoever*. Release
>> manager have to release only the staff that is already tested. No 
>> testing,
>> no merging. If I want my changes to be released I will invest time into
>> making sure they passed all the tests.
>
> I agree that testing and merging should be taken off the table as
> concerns for the release manager.  IIUC, Beman's proposal does that.

IIUC, not completely.

Gennadiy