Re: [boost] [1.46.1] Release candidates available

Subject: Re: [boost] [1.46.1] Release candidates available
From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-03-10 08:19:56

On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 5:30 AM, Eric Niebler <eric_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On 3/10/2011 3:39 PM, Daniel James wrote:
>> On 10 March 2011 01:07, Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Please go ahead and revert any revisions that you don't think are appropriate.
>>
>> It's reverted now. I suspect that Emil wasn't aware that we're in bug
>> fix mode - understandable since there is a lot of noise on this list.
>> I'm reworking the way releases are presented on the site, so I think
>> I'll add something about the current development status as well. That
>> way developers can easily check before merging.
>
> I'll use this as another opportunity to advocate for physically locking
> the release branch when we're gearing up for a release. How many more
> times do we need to get burned? This was a lucky catch. Next time we
> might not be so lucky.

I'm interested. How would do you see that working?

--Beman