on Tue Aug 26 2008, Jonathan Biggar <jon-AT-biggar.org> wrote:
David Abrahams wrote:
on Tue Aug 26 2008, Christian Larsen <contact-AT-dword.dk> wrote:
Yes, that's right. But still I don't see how that would make it possible to keep a stable interface, and make point releases of that. Unless all developers agree to only merge non-interface breaking changes into "ReleaseReady".
People who want point releases aren't just asking for what we _think_ will be "no interface-breaking changes," because the best we can do is guess. Who knows what the effects will actually be on their platform in their environment? They're asking for the release, exactly as it was, plus bugfixes. That's it. No new features, no new libraries, period.
As a long time user of boost, I agree, almost 100%. :)
99.9% of the time, a point fix should make no interface change. Unfortunately, there is that .1% where the only way to fix a bug is to change the interface.
Granted. -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com