Re: [boost] [svn] cleaning up old branches

From: Daniel Wallin (daniel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-08-10 15:20:33

David Abrahams wrote:
> on Fri Aug 10 2007, Nicola Musatti <Nicola.Musatti-AT-gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Daniel Wallin <daniel <at> boost-consulting.com> writes:
>>
>>> OK, I just removed all branches that hasn't been touched in 2 years:
>>>
>>>   http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/38550
>>>
>>> We could probably remove more branches, but 2 years seemed like a safe
>>> cutoff.
>> I'm not convinced this is such a good idea. Some of the deleted branches don't
>> seem to have much use nowadays, but some might; I'm thinking of the old RC and
>> the SPIRIT_MINIBOOST ones.

And if there is indeed any point in keeping them around, the maintainers
can bring them back. No point in keeping around old crap just because it
*might* have some use.

-- 
Daniel Wallin
Boost Consulting
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