Re: [Boost-build] All tools code frozen!

From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-07-18 16:15:50

Rene Rivera wrote:

> Since I don't enjoy reverting changes when I don't have the time (I'm in
> the middle of my own product release). And since Boost is nearing the
> end of a release cycle. *ALL* tool changes are hereby *FROZEN* except
> for emergency fixes. Any changes must be approved by Beman or myself.
> And such changes must include making sure Boost testing runs adequately
> in *both* a Windows platform and a Unix platform. This means going to
> the boost-root/status directory and running the tests for *at least one*
> library, but preferably all of them.
> 
> Thank you for paying attention.

Pardon me, but what the hell? Do I really need to explain that branches in
version control systems are intended specifically so that you don't have
to *SHOUT IN EMPHASIZED UPPERCASE* whenever development branch, also known as
trunk, gets broke? Or do we to understand that 1.36.0 beta 1, which is due
due days ago, is going to be rolled from trunk? Or for some unknown reason,
the testing process for release branch uses tools from random other branch?

- Volodya