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.

Action Plan

✔	Action	Manager	Due
✔	Preliminary Steering Committee approval	S/C	May, 2012
✔	Subversion to Git repo move scrips ready	Daniel Pfeifer
	Web site branch: Subversion references and procedures Gitized
	Trac Wiki Subversion references and procedures Gitized
	Regression test scripts, procedures ready	Test & build teams
	Inspect and Release scripts, procedures ready	Release mgrs
	Modularized Boost 'Help Desk' ready
	User accounts and permissions in place
	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
	'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.