Re: [boost] [SVN] Repository branches/libs experiments

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-08-27 22:17:03

on Mon Aug 27 2007, Beman Dawes <bdawes-AT-acm.org> wrote:

>> Yes: http://www.orcaware.com/svn/wiki/Svnmerge.py
>> 
>> We just have to mandate that everyone use it.
>
> If I use it on branches where I'm the maintainer, does svnmerge.py work 
> OK for those branches even if others are not using it for other 
> branches? Or do all Boost developers have to do all merges via svnmerge.py.

I don't know.

> On my branches, should the rule-of-thumb be "never use the raw SVN merge 
> command or GUI equivalents; always use svnmerge.py"?

Yeah.

>>  The next version of
>> Subversion will make it unnecessary
>> (http://blogs.open.collab.net/svn/2007/05/the_subversion__1.html)
>
> It sounds as if we need a Wiki page describing Boost's preferred (and in 
> some cases mandated) SVN procedures.
>
> Any volunteers to write and maintain such a page?

<ducks>...a bit swamped at the moment...</ducks>

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