Re: [boost] [Bug Sprint] Anyone familiar with the utility library want to try bug #2285?

Subject: Re: [boost] [Bug Sprint] Anyone familiar with the utility library want to try bug #2285?
From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-06-03 14:50:14

on Wed Jun 03 2009, Marshall Clow <marshall-AT-idio.com> wrote:

> At 10:31 AM -0700 6/3/09, Marshall Clow wrote:
>>At 12:33 PM -0400 6/3/09, David Abrahams wrote:
>>>on Tue Jun 02 2009, Steven Watanabe <watanabesj-AT-gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  AMDG
>>>>
>>>>  Marshall Clow wrote:
>>>>>  Writing some docs for "unwrap_ref".
>>>>>  https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/2585
>>>>
>>>>  It's documented in the trunk but not the release branch--which
>>>>  is okay because unwrap_ref itself has not been merged to the
>>>>  release branch.
>>>
>>>Sheesh!  It probably should be, no?
>>>
>>>I guess "merge to release" is another thing we need to get into our
>>>ticket workflow.
>>
>>Here's a proposal:
>>
>>1) We add a new ticket type "Merge to release".
>> 2) When you fix a bug in the trunk, instead of closing it as "fixed", you change it
>> to "Merge to release".
>> 3) After the tests have cycled for a while, and you are confident of the fix, you
>> mark the bug as "fixed".
>
> Oops - left out a bit:
> 3) After the tests have cycled for a while, and you are confident of the fix, you
> merge the changes to the release branch and mark the bug as "fixed".

Which should also be doable with the post-commit hook.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
BoostPro Computing
http://www.boostpro.com