Re: [boost] A proposal for superproject structure and testing

Subject: Re: [boost] A proposal for superproject structure and testing
From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-12-09 12:20:19

On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 9:11 PM, Peter Dimov <lists_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Andrey Semashev wrote:
>>
>> With the branch approach, the branch can be deleted, and if I'm not
>> mistaken, the release tag would then reference a non-existent commit of the
>> branch.
>
>
> What happens with the commit if the branch is deleted but the superproject
> still references it is an interesting git question. :-)
>
> Ideally, the feature will be fixed for the next release in a normal manner,
> so the question will be moot in addition to interesting, but in practice, it
> would probably still hold some relevance. :-)

Well, you should be able to check out any Boost release from git
(starting from the first git-based release), at least that's expected
from a VCS, don't you agree?