Re: Do we still want develop branch?

From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2023-11-06 14:51:24

On 11/6/23 06:40, Robert Ramey via Boost wrote:
> On 11/5/23 1:10 PM, Andrey Semashev via Boost wrote:
>> Then there's the recurring problem that led to this post - people
>> forget to merge to master from time to time.
> 
> FWIW - I merge to develop when Marshall makes his announcement of the
> release date.  So it's only once every 3 months.  Not a huge burden. BUT
> it means that any breakage in other libraries due to changes in the
> serialization library aren't discover until it's late in process.

I'm not sure I understand. Are you saying you merge new features to
master rather than develop? If so, you may be causing problems to your
downstream users, as they are doing the opposite.