Re: [boost] [1.35.0] Merge tag question?

From: Daniel Wallin (daniel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-11-14 09:44:36

Beman Dawes wrote:
> Under CVS, we tagged files in the trunk "merged_to_RC_1_34_0" at the 
> time of branching for release, and then updated the location of that tag 
>   if a later version of the file got merged into the release branch. 
> This allows library maintainers to know what has been merged and what 
> hasn't.
> 
> What should the procedure be for Subversion?
> 
> Does Subversion have an equivalent to updating the location of a tag for 
> a subset of files? Or is tagging completely the wrong approach for 
> Subversion?
> 
> Should we be using svnmerge.py instead and letting its merge tracking 
> handle the need to keep track of what has been merged and what hasn't?

Yes, I think this is the best solution until 1.5 comes along.

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