[boost] [1.35.0] Developer preparation

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-10-04 16:55:53

Until further notice, the plan is to do quarterly Boost releases, and 
stick to that schedule even if updates for particular libraries aren't 
ready.

If a library on the trunk isn't ready for a release, the prior release 
will be used for that library.

I hoping for a final cut-off date of Friday, October 19, for making 
"go/no-go" decisions on which library updates make it into 1.35.0. That 
means libraries with updates to be included should be passing regression 
tests on trunk well before then. The process of merging into the release 
branch will start sooner for libraries already ready.

Here is what developers should be doing over the next two weeks:

     * Start watching the regression tests at 
http://beta.boost.org/development/tests/trunk/developer/summary.html

     * For release criteria compilers, fix or markup all failures
       caused by your library's code. Fix or markup failures caused by
       your library's code for other compilers according to your own
       judgment.

     * For release criteria compilers show failures you think are
       caused by some other library's code, or by test configuration
       problems, post list notifications directed at the library or
       tool causing the problem. For other compilers, do the same if
       you wish.

     * For testing on the trunk to be a reliable indicator of release
       stability, prerequisite libraries on the trunk must be ready
       for release. If the trunk for your library isn't going to be
       ready in time for this release, please make a branch of the
       trunk with your library's name, and "merge" the trunk for
       your library so it is identical to 1.34.1.

Note that if other libraries depend on your library, and you library is 
causing those libraries to break, you need to fix the trunk or return it 
to 1.34.1 within the next few days so that you don't impede the other 
libraries.

Now the fun begins,

--Beman