Re: [boost] [modularization] Modularizing Boost (modularization)

Subject: Re: [boost] [modularization] Modularizing Boost (modularization)
From: Daniel Pfeifer (daniel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-10-19 04:35:29

2013/10/19 Stephen Kelly <steveire_at_[hidden]>:
> On 10/18/2013 07:25 PM, Beman Dawes wrote:
>> Have you looked at
>> https://github.com/ryppl/Boost2Git/blob/master/repositories.txt for example?
>
> Yes. I even linked to a mail from Dave which explains it:
>
>  http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/245078/focus=245098
>
>> The impression I have is that every change, even fairly minor stuff, breaks
>> something else.

That might be true for Boost2Git's source code, but the file
repositories.txt should be straight forward.
When we asked for review, Dave encouraged everyone to propose changes
to that file.

> The impression I have is that it is deterministic. If we change that
> file and we get it wrong, we deterministically know about it within a
> few hours.

I can confirm that.

Cheers, Daniel