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Subject: Re: [boost] Release managers: Boost.Thread breaking changes in 1.53
From: Olaf van der Spek (ml_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-12-30 08:30:16


On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Vicente J. Botet Escriba
<vicente.botet_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> I would like to request advise from the release managers and of course the
> Boost community. Should I rollback the default to BOOST_THREAD_VERSION==3
> for 1.53 and let the time to discuss the best way to manage with these
> breaking changes?

BOOST_THREAD_VERSION = 2?

I'm not a fan of breaking backwards compatibility, especially if it
happens silently without compile errors.

-- 
Olaf

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