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

Subject: Re: [boost] [git] [modular boost] Switchover schedule proposal
From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-11-19 08:12:15

On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 6:03 AM, Daniel James <daniel_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> On 25 October 2013 13:22, Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > The showstoppers other than documentation have been cleared from the
> > conversion issues list. That includes the issues blocking documentation,
> so
> > doc work is underway again.
> >
> > The 1.55 release is scheduled for November 4, and as of the moment it
> > doesn't look like that will sip much if at all.
> >
> > I'm assuming that we want to reopen svn branches/release for a week or so
> > after 1.55 ships as some developers would like to merge pending changes
> to
> > branches/before the switchover.
> >
> > That would mean an actual switchover starting about November 11.
>
> Since the release has been delayed, I changed the git transition to
> begin on Friday 15th, to allow for a week. Is that okay? Any better
> ideas?
>
> Calendar is at:
>
> http://www.boost.org/development/
>
> The current schedule is:
>
> Friday, 8 November
>  1.55.0 Release
> Monday, 11 November
>  Provisional: Close subversion for git conversion.
> Monday, 18 November
>  Provisional: Open git based development.
> Monday, 9 December
>  Provisional: 1.56.0 Closed for new libraries
> Monday, 16 December
>  Provisional: 1.56.0 Alpha (for testing the release process)
>  Provisional: 1.56.0 Closed for major code changes
> Thursday, 26 December
>  Provisional: 1.56.0 Beta closed, except by permission
> Monday, 30 December
>  Provisional: 1.56.0 Beta Release
> Monday, 3 February 2014
>  Provisional: 1.56.0 Release
>

Seems about right to me. To make all this happen, a lot of new procedures
still have to be worked out, but it doesn't seem practical to develop those
procedures until after the conversion is complete.

Thanks,

--Beman