Re: [boost] [1.48.0] Beta 1 release candidates available

Subject: Re: [boost] [1.48.0] Beta 1 release candidates available
From: Boris Schaeling (boris_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-11-03 17:06:52

On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:52:33 +0200, Boris Schaeling <boris_at_[hidden]>  
wrote:

> On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:04:44 +0200, Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 8:49 PM, Rene Rivera <grafikrobot_at_[hidden]>  
>> wrote:
>>> On 10/27/2011 6:57 PM, Boris Schaeling wrote:
>>>>
>> ...
>>>> I'm surprised that the fix for
>>>> https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/5944 is not in the beta  
>>>> release.
>>>> I had asked Sebastian to close this ticket, and he did that before
>>>> October 10 (which was the deadline for major code changes). The fix is
>>>> in trunk since October 4 (see
>>>> https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/74691). As the fix was
>>>> checked in in time and as it's a one line change (OK, two with the
>>>> #include) I even had contacted Sebastian for, I would appreciate if  
>>>> the
>>>> beta release is updated.
>>>>
>>>> Is it possible that other changes in trunk (checked in before October
>>>> 10) are missing in this beta release, too?
>>>
>>> Of course it's possible.. Since someone has to do the merging to  
>>> release.
>>> It's not enough to make the changes in trunk.
>>
>> And the "someone" who has to do the merge to release is normally the
>> library maintainer.
>>
>> Since the library maintainer may not be reading this thread, Boris
>> might want to post a new message, with a subject line that begins
>> [property_tree], to increase the likelihood that the problem gets
>> addressed before final release.
>
> I sent an email to Sebastian.

Sebastian told me that he has no time to do the merge. That's perfectly  
fine of course. Looking at the log history I see though that  
Boost.PropertyTree hasn't been merged since 28 March: None of the changes  
(four) in trunk after this date were ever shipped. I'm not sure what to do  
about it as after all Sebastian is the maintainer of Boost.PropertyTree.  
But it's understandably not satisfying to propose improvements or fix bugs  
if they are not shipped any time soon. Is there any guideline how often  
trunk has to be merged to release? Or are there any tools to find out how  
far release is behind trunk for a Boost library (and to emit a warning for  
example)?

Boris