Re: [boost] Release procedure. Where do we go?

From: Nicola Musatti (Nicola.Musatti_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-09-04 07:12:17

Roland Schwarz <roland.schwarz <at> chello.at> writes:
[...]
> I admit that this is indeed bad wording, and not really what I had in 
> mind. What I really meant was: branch if all features planned for the 
> next release are in trunk. Then stabilize the branch, but do not wait 
> with release until all bugs on all platforms are fixed, but allow for a 
> gradual healing of the release branch until it comes to a halt because 
> either no more bugs, or no interest from users. (Or no commits from 
> commercial users that sell bug-fixing/platform-adaption to their 
> customers.)

Considering that until now "all bugs fixed" meant really "for each regression
test failure either fix it or mark it expected" and bug report statistics didn't
enter the picture, I see no reason to slacken the current criteria.

Cheers,
Nicola Musatti