Re: [boost] Let's not forget the release

Subject: Re: [boost] Let's not forget the release
From: James Sharpe (mail_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-06-08 09:09:12

On 8 Jun 2014 13:29, "John Maddock" <boost.regex_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>
>> We don't have a viable release process in place yet, so we are going to
>> have to make at least minimal changes.
>>
>> Straw man proposal:
>>
>> * On the 16th, (i.e. little more than a week from now) we turn off
>> automatic sub-module master updates.
>> * From that point until the release ships, a new library master release
>> (with bug fixes only!) may be added manually to the Boost release by the
>> release managers at their discretion. They have to be asked explicitly.
>> * When the release ships, auto sub-module updates are turned back on.
>
>
> That sounds sensible to me, John.
>
>
Why do you need to stop the submodule updates for master? Surely the
correct thing to do is create a branch that targets the release.