Re: [boost] Should we provide hot fixes?

From: Daniel Wallin (daniel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-08-19 04:48:57

Sebastian Redl wrote:
> Daniel Wallin wrote:
>> Beman Dawes wrote:
>>  
>>> Although it does look like we will be able to hold to a quarterly
>>> release schedule, it is really doubtful we have enough resources to
>>> issue point releases.
>>>     
>>
>> I'm not really up to speed on the release process, but it seems to me
>> getting a point release out should be significantly easier than a major
>> release. What's the real difference between what you've outlined below
>> and providing a point release? We'd still need to branch off the
>> release, and we'd still need to run tests to make sure no broken fixes
>> go out, don't we?
>>
>>   
> 
> I believe test resources are the bottleneck here.

It that's the case then that problem won't go away by releasing patches
rather than point releases; they still need testing.

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