= Moving Boost to a distributed and modularized structure =

This page is about managing the process of moving Boost version control from Subversion to Git, and in doing so move from a centralized structure to a distributed, modular structure.

== Master Action Plan ==

||= '''✔''' =||= '''Action''' =||= '''Manager''' =||= '''Due''' =||
|| ✔ || Preliminary Steering Committee approval || S/C || May, 2012 ||
|| 95% || Subversion to Git repo move scrips ready || Daniel Pfeifer || ||
|| 45% || Documentation Action Plan (see below) || Beman || ||
|| || Regression test scripts, procedures ready || Test & build teams || ||
|| || Inspect and Release scripts, procedures ready || Release mgrs || ||
|| 40% || Modularized Boost 'Help Desk' || Beman || ||
|| || Final Steering Committee approval || S/C || Prep complete ||
|| || Make Subversion trunk read-only || || ||
|| || Execute final trunk conversion || || ||
|| || Regression testing, inspect, daily snapshots go live || Release mgrs || ||
|| || Web site changes go live || Beman || || 
|| ✔ || 'Help Desk' goes live ||  || ||
|| || Open !GitHub repos for developer use || || ||
|| || || || ||

Each time an action item is checked as completed, a brief progress report message should be posted on the developers and users mailing lists. If the milestone is particularly newsworthy, a notice should also be posted on the announce mailing list.

== Documentation Action Plan ==

||= '''✔''' =||= '''Action''' =||= '''Manager''' =||= '''Due''' =||
|| || Web site branch: Instructions, etc, that mention Subversion changed to use Git || || ||
|| || Web site branch: "Getting Started with Boost" updated for Git and Modularization || Dave || || 
|| || Trac Wiki: Instructions, etc, that mention Subversion changed to use Git || || ||
|| 90% || Develop, document, modularization "Getting Started" for developers || Beman || ||
|| 90% || Develop, document, suggested developer workflows based on Gitflow || Beman || ||
|| 80% || Develop, document, how per library !GitHub projects will work, including how permissions work || Beman || ||

Any newly developed documentation must be integrated with the current documentation.

== Moment of Cutover ==

(Very tentative)

* The Subversion repo becomes read-only.
* The Git repo becomes live.
* The conversion scripts stop running.
* The www.boost.org website is updated, with references and instructions relating to svn and the svn repo replace by references and instructions for git and the git repos.
* The svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki is updated,  with references and instructions relating to svn and the svn repo replace by references and instructions for git and the git repos.
* The inspect scripts are switched from the svn repo scripts to the git repo scripts.
* The regression reporting scripts are switched from the svn repo scripts to the git repo scripts.
* An announcement of the cutover is posted to the developer, user, and announce mailing lists.