Re: [boost] Should we provide hot fixes?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-08-27 09:36:22

on Tue Aug 26 2008, Jonathan Biggar <jon-AT-biggar.org> wrote:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>> on Tue Aug 26 2008, Christian Larsen <contact-AT-dword.dk> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, that's right. But still I don't see how that would make it
>>> possible to keep a stable interface, and make point releases of
>>> that. Unless all developers agree to only merge non-interface breaking
>>> changes into "ReleaseReady". 
>>
>> People who want point releases aren't just asking for what we _think_
>> will be "no interface-breaking changes," because the best we can do is
>> guess.  Who knows what the effects will actually be on their platform in
>> their environment?  They're asking for the release, exactly as it was,
>> plus bugfixes.  That's it.  No new features, no new libraries, period.
>
> As a long time user of boost, I agree, almost 100%. :)
>
> 99.9% of the time, a point fix should make no interface
> change. Unfortunately, there is that .1% where the only way to fix a
> bug is to change the interface.

Granted.

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Dave Abrahams
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