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From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-11-01 15:12:34


on Thu Nov 01 2007, Stefan Seefeld <seefeld-AT-sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Robert Ramey wrote:
>
>> I'm confused about this. Shouldn't this have merged the changes from the
>> RC_1_34_1 rather than
>> from RC_1_34_0 ?
>
> There is no such branch as 'RC_1_34_1'.
>
> (Try "svn ls https://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/branches/")

1.34.1 was developed by making changes to RC_1_34_0 after it was
tagged for release as Version_1_34_0. This is our tradition. We know
it's dumb, but nobody has ever changed the practice. Release branches
should be called, e.g., RC_1_34

HTH,

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
http://www.boost-consulting.com

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