Re: [boost] [git] [modular boost] Switchover schedule proposal

Subject: Re: [boost] [git] [modular boost] Switchover schedule proposal
From: Daniel James (daniel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-10-26 09:39:57

On 25 October 2013 13:22, Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> That would mean an actual switchover starting about November 11.
>
> It seems to me we need approximately a week after svn is made read-only and
> the final conversion run is done to verify the correctness of the
> conversion.  During that time it seems to me that it would be unwise for
> developers to make git commits since if a serious problem was discovered we
> might decide to rerun the conversion process, wiping out the git repos.
>
> At that point (roughly November 18, we would go totally live and developers
> could resume their work, now using git and modular boost.

I've added these dates to the calendar. Any thoughts on what I should
put for the 1.56 schedule? Is there an equivalent of closing the
release branch?