Re: [boost] [Release 1.34] Supported Compilers

From: Gennadiy Rozental (gennadiy.rozental_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-01-31 04:08:27

"AlisdairM" <alisdair.meredith_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:drn7hn$8a8$1_at_sea.gmane.org...
> Jeff Garland wrote:
>
>> I understand, but that just means 1.34 will be delayed for fixes to
>> these outdated relics and new lousy compilers.  We would be better
>> making a clean break now and letting folks with old compilers stick
>> with 1.33.1.
>
[...]

> I will happily assist library maintainers hunting down and eradicating
> support for older Borland compilers, so long as the most recent is
> supported (until such time that 'most recent' is reasonably conforming
> and no longer auto-deprecated when a new compiler is released)

Sorry I do not follow you logic. Why do we need to support old borland 
compiler with new boost release? Lets support new one. So new compiler users 
have 1.34 boost support. Old compiler users will keep using 1.33.1.

Gennadiy