Re: [boost] [1.36.0] Libraries with unmerged changes?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-07-16 01:31:28

on Wed Jul 16 2008, "Robert Ramey" <ramey-AT-rrsd.com> wrote:

> Emil Dotchevski wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 5:52 PM, Robert Ramey <ramey_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>> Here is where we differ.  Now when someone checks in a breaking
>>> change.  errors pop up all over the place in test results that the
>>> author who caused the problem doesn't have any reason to check.
>>> He who has had his library broken has to investigate the cause
>>> of the sudden breakage and trace down to its source and then
>>> complain.  This is a huge pain in the neck and costs a lot of
>>> time and frustration.
>>
>> You're making a big assumption here, which is that the breaking
>> change is a bug.
>
> LOL - I call it a bug - you can call it a feature.  Regardless,  it is an 
> (unannounced)
> interface change.

Whether it's announced or not matters a lot, but in this conversation
both you and Emil have consistently failed to make a distinction AFAICT.
 
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