Re: [boost] Major code changes deadline approaching

Subject: Re: [boost] Major code changes deadline approaching
From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-12-27 16:16:37

Marshall Clow wrote:

> On Dec 27, 2009, at 11:21 AM, Vladimir Prus wrote:
>> Boosters,
>> 
>> The deadline for "major code changes" for 1.42 is Monday, January 4, 2010. Please
>> try to get all big features merged to release branch by that date, and let the
>> release team know if there are any issues.
>> 
>> The next deadline will be Jan 11, when the release branch will be closed for all
>> changes, except by explicit permission.
>> 
>> -- The Release Managers,
>> 
>>     Beman Dawes
>>     Daniel James
>>     Eric Niebler
>>     Rene Rivera
>>     Vladimir Prus
> 
> I'd just like to point out that we have
> 28 open tickets marked as "Showstoppers":	https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/report/29

Well, given that half of them is more than 6 months old, they cannot be all true show stoppers.
Unfortunately, the severity of the issue typically represents submitter opinion, and not
maintainer position about priority of a fix. That said, of course it would be nice if everybody
looked at that list and try to do something.

- Volodya