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

From: Johan Nilsson (r.johan.nilsson_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-08-24 09:06:28

Beman Dawes wrote:
> Gottlob Frege wrote:

[snip]

>> Basically, I'd like words like
>> - 'released' (note the 'd')
>> - 'in_progress'
>> - 'release_candidate'
>>
>> or similar.  But maybe that's just because I don't use SVN.
>
> Hum... "branches/release_candidate" would certainly be more explicit
> than "branches/release". It is longer, but an SVN user doesn't
> actually
> have to type the name very often, so I'm not inclined to worry about
> that.
>
> Anyone else care to hazard an opinion on "branches/release_candidate"
> vs "branches/release"?

+1 for "branches/release"

Shouldn't the "release_candidate"(s) be found under tags/.../RC_nnn? Won't 
this be a possible source of confusion?

And while I'm at it ... how about "//svn/boost/trunk" => "//svn/boost/main"?

/ Johan