Re: [boost] [1.44][bcp] Is it too late to merge tools to release?

Subject: Re: [boost] [1.44][bcp] Is it too late to merge tools to release?
From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-08-11 07:42:43

On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Eric Niebler <eric_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On 8/8/2010 7:16 AM, John Maddock wrote:
>> There are some patches in Trunk for the bcp tool that fix various issues
>> when extracting "all of Boost" that I forgot to merge to release (my
>> bad), the changes don't effect anything else, is it acceptable to merge
>> these to release?  Diffs attached, in case they help,
>
> We don't really have a policy about code freeze on tools so we're free
> to improvise a bit here. Bcp isn't critical in the boost release
> process, so taking bug fixes at this point is pretty low-risk. (At least
> I believe that's the case. I don't see any bcp regression tests.) I
> would say go for it.

Agreed.

--Beman