Re: Do we still want develop branch?

From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2023-11-06 16:26:31

On 11/6/23 6:51 AM, Andrey Semashev via Boost wrote:
> 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.

I develop and merge into the develop branch.

When marshal announces a release, I merge the develop branch into the 
master branch.  What is confusing about this?
> 
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