Re: [boost] [git] Near future.. How do we deal with git-native libraries?

Subject: Re: [boost] [git] Near future.. How do we deal with git-native libraries?
From: Daniel James (daniel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-12-07 18:17:27

On 7 December 2013 22:54, Dave Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Daniel James <daniel_at_[hidden]> writes:
>
>> On 5 December 2013 08:23, JOAQUIN M. LOPEZ MUÑOZ <joaquin_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>>
>>> I understand this is
>>>
>>> https://github.com/boostorg/boost/commit/66b6e0b0dcff397010815624ce02c1d1c96da2bd
>>>
>>> Excuse my ignorance but: does this mean syncing between the master project and
>>> submodules need be done manually? I was assuming that somehow updates to a
>>> submodule automatically propagate to checkouts of the master project.
>>
>> Currently it needs to be done manually. Eventually it should be
>> scripted, hopefully from a git hook so that it's pretty fast. There's
>> some dispute about how the changes should be propagated to the main
>> module.
>
> IMO boostorg/boost's master branch shouldn't get updated to a state X
> until X passes regression testing.

Is this something you're willing to automate? I don't think anyone
will want to do that manually.