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

From: Johan Nilsson (r.johan.nilsson_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-08-27 03:33:13

Michael Caisse wrote:
> Johan Nilsson wrote:
>>
>> As I understood it, there will be a single "relase candidate"
>> _branch_, used for the "ever-available stable build". The individual
>> release candidates would still need to be separately tagged for
>> "official" release candidates.
>>
>>
>>
> Release candidates are a *branch/copy* :
>
> http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/ImprovingPractices#Releasetags
>
> and my assumption from reading is that they are locked when made
> available as a *release*.

If that's the case, I stand corrected. Doesn't really make sense to put them 
under "tags" if they are branches, though.

However, that doesn't change the focal point of my posting; there isn't a 
_single_ release "candidate", or?

Cheers / Johan