Re: [boost] [git] Update submodules in boost.git

Subject: Re: [boost] [git] Update submodules in boost.git
From: Peter Dimov (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-12-05 09:43:01

Edward Diener wrote:
> I know for my individual testing if my library X/develop needs something 
> from library Y/develop I pull from library Y/develop in order to test.

What you do for your individual testing is separate from what the test 
infrastructure does. You have a local repository, in which you can have a 
local X/develop branch that you test against the remote Y/develop. This is 
independent of what others see.

Of course, if the testing infrastructure tests your remote X/develop against 
Y/master, you can't push your changes to Github until Y/develop is merged to 
Y/master on Github. Then again, one might well argue that your development 
in this case ought to happen on a feature branch that is not develop. (And 
the same can also be said about Y's development.)

Anyway, as I said, both testing systems have their pros and cons. We'll need 
to pick one and settle on it before real development can resume, though.