Re: [boost] questions regarding SVN setup

From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-08-11 18:21:44

David Abrahams wrote:
>> c) It seems to me that information regarding SVN access and boost
>> customs and practices for using it to best advantage should be
>> available form the main boost web page.  Oh now I found it - its via
>> a link titled Sandbox SVN. So I guess what I'm ask is for the main
>> page to be tweaked so it's location is more obvious.
>
> Patches welcome

OK - how would I go about doing that? check a change to the
web site page on the trunk?  I presume that woudn't migrate to
the website until the next release. Or does "submitting a patch"
mean something different?

>> e) Poking around with the browser shows me a branch for RC_1_34_0.
>> It seems we're releasing 1.34.1 - where is the branch for the actual
>> code released? or are they the same? or?
>
> http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/browser/tags/Version_1_34_1

OK - that's just fine - but when I tried to create a branch off RC_1_34_0
I got an error.  Is the error to advise me I should have been using Verson 
1.34.1
rather than RC_1_34_0 or some other reason.

Error: MKACTIVITY of 
'/svn/boost/!svn/act/7ac0dbeb-4f6d-0141-941c-1e06228e3d67': 403 Forbidden 
(http://svn.boost.org)

Which I presume means I'm doing something unauthorized but it doesn't say 
what exactly.

I searched through the SVN documentation for information about making Tags 
"readonly" to prevent
someone accidently committing a change to a tagged version.  I didn't find 
it but
it seems that this functionality would be necessary.  I'm still perusing the 
details.

My intention is to create a branch off the latest release, check in and test 
my changes
on this branch, and then merge them into the "trunk".  If there's anything 
wrong
with this procedure please let me know.

Robert Ramey