There is a fresh draft of a Boost Development Environment proposal up at http://mysite.verizon.net/beman/development_environment.html This is a continuation of the "Proposal for radically altered approach to releases" discussion of a year ago. The topic has broadened as it has become obvious that release management is best dealt with in relation to our overall development environment, rather than something that happens in isolation. The proposal reflects a discussion at BoostCon with Troy Straszheim, Dave Abrahams, Eric Niebler, and Doug Gregor, and also insights from Thomas Witt regarding difficulties with release stability. The plan is to implement this proposal as we move to Subversion, so that things like directory permissions can be set up accordingly. Comments welcome! --Beman