Re: [boost] Request for a new submodule, tools/depinst

Subject: Re: [boost] Request for a new submodule, tools/depinst
From: Peter Dimov (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-11-11 14:42:24

Daniel James wrote:
> On 11 November 2016 at 19:19, Peter Dimov <lists_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> >
> > - cd ..
> > - git clone -b $TRAVIS_BRANCH --depth 1 
> > https://github.com/boostorg/boost.git boost-root
> > - cd boost-root
> > - git submodule update --init --depth 1 tools/regression
>
> The super project is constantly changing, so that's no more reproducible 
> than downloading a script.

Yes, you're right about that.

> It also doesn't work for pull requests and is excessive boilerplate.

It does work for pull requests. See for instance

https://github.com/boostorg/serialization/pull/48

But never mind. I withdraw the request. I agree with Rene that a new 
submodule just for two files is overkill.