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Subject: Re: [boost] [partly OT] Re: [review queue] What to do about the library review queue?
From: Paul A. Bristow (pbristow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-03-16 16:44:14

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boost [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Vinnie Falco via Boost
> Sent: 16 March 2017 15:25
> To: boost_at_[hidden]
> Cc: Vinnie Falco
> Subject: Re: [boost] [partly OT] Re: [review queue] What to do about the library review queue?
>
> On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 10:43 AM, Niall Douglas via Boost
> <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > A decision needs to be taken on how best to port the Trac issues into
> > github.
>
> Here's an alternative, lock Trac so no new issues can be created,
> inform users they should open new issues using GitHub, then fix all
> the open issues remaining on Trac so there's nothing to port :)

That might be a bit nuclear - what about all the outstanding issues and discussions in the process of being fixed?

So perhaps we just need to recommend new issues be raised in GitHub, and Trac will fossilize itself.

Paul

PS How should we reference GitHub discussions in 'history' documentation so that I (and the search engines) can find them? The
equivalent of, for example, https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/12908). 

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