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

From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-06-06 23:10:27

Beman Dawes wrote:
> By definition, the last release is always considered stable. Stable 
> doesn't mean perfect, it just means good enough to build upon.

OK, but that isn't what I understood from your description:

> The definition of stable includes passing all regression tests on 
> release-critical compilers (or marked up accordingly), and also 
> passing all other stability measurements. If a library depends on 
> other libraries, it is only stable if those libraries are stable.

> Stability criteria include not only regression test failures, but
> also inspection failures, tool-chain errors, configuration errors,
> missing files, and any other detectable errors that reduce release
> quality or impact development environment stability.

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