Re: [boost] [Git] Documentation for Git and Modular Boost conversion

Subject: Re: [boost] [Git] Documentation for Git and Modular Boost conversion
From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-12-15 22:03:43

On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 7:51 PM, Dave Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote:

>
> on Fri Dec 07 2012, René Rivera <grafikrobot-AT-gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > There's no mention of supporting external developers/users that have
> > subversion external links to the Boost subversion repo. How will
> > people that have their internal development stored in subversion with
> > references to Boost be supported? Will they be left out in the cold
> > once svn.boost.org goes dark?
>
> svn.boost.org doesn't go dark, I think.  It does, however, stop getting
> updated.
>

Which is practically equivalent since it wouldn't get updated with
releases. Personally I would schedule it to go offline at some point
(perhaps in 2014) so that we don't have to worry about the maintenance of
that resource.

> > Or will their be an equivalent subversion read only bridge they could
> > use (after adjusting their references)?
>
> No, that would be unreasonable, IMO.
>

I pointed out how there's already a zero effort working bridge.. So I'm
curious why is it unreasonable?

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