Re: [boost] Respecting a projects toolchain decisions (was Re: [context] new version - support for Win64)

Subject: Re: [boost] Respecting a projects toolchain decisions (was Re: [context] new version - support for Win64)
From: Sohail Somani (sohail_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-12-28 13:06:54

On 10-12-28 12:54 PM, John Maddock wrote:
>>
>> I think you *might* enable more contributions as a benefit of a
>> decentralized process just based on my experience.
>
> Well maybe, but how will developers ever know about these patches unless
> you tell them about them (presumably via an issue tracker)?

Well, yes I'm not saying that people will flock to my fork. That same 
process would still continue. But if you work with multiple sites, you 
end up having local patches for each.

> Come to that, can't you do this right now with git-svn?

Apparently: https://github.com/ryppl/boost-svn

That's good enough for me.

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