Re: [boost] Updated Development and Release Practices for 1.35.0

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-08-23 19:48:15

on Thu Aug 23 2007, Rene Rivera <grafikrobot-AT-gmail.com> wrote:

> Robert Ramey wrote:
>> David Abrahams wrote:
>
>>>> To me - the "release" in tags/release is redundant
>
>>> What if I want to create a tag unrelated to any release?
>
>> Like what? Truth is, it didn't occur to me that there would be any reason
>> to create tag other than for a release.
>
> Boost.Jam for example 
> <http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/browser/tags/jam>, or Boost.Build, or 
> just about anything that is released on a different schedule than the 
> Boost releases.

Or just to mark some significant point in my library's development
history.  That's what tags are for.

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