Re: [boost] 1.37 release schedule?

Subject: Re: [boost] 1.37 release schedule?
From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-10-09 07:57:25

On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 12:43 AM, Eric Niebler <eric_at_[hidden]>wrote:

> Rene Rivera wrote:
>
>>
>> Something in the doc build also prevented me from doing a bjam release two
>> weeks ago :-( So I'll have to try and get a bjam release done ASAP, and
>> merged into the release. But ASAP for me right now means the weekend. So is
>> it OK to do this merge?
>>
>
> I'm not wild about this, actually. It makes me more than a little
> uncomfortable to think about upgrading the build system this late in the
> release cycle.

I share Eric's concern.

> Changes to critical infrastructure (like build and test) are best done at
> the start of the cycle.

Exactly.

>
>
> What exactly would be the impact of this change?

Also, how quickly can it be done and what are the risks it introduced
instabilities?

--Beman