Re: [boost] Recommend dropping test coverage on msvc-7.1 and msvc-8.0

Subject: Re: [boost] Recommend dropping test coverage on msvc-7.1 and msvc-8.0
From: Ion Gaztañaga (igaztanaga_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-10-16 21:50:21

On 16/10/2017 23:35, Rene Rivera via Boost wrote:
> Indeed that is a problem with the current version number. And indeed right
> now there's no way to get the real version number of the compiler as
> detected by b2. Although for msvc the version number are fixed and you
> can't alter them like you can for gcc toolset. I.e. it's always going to be
> "msvc-7.1". So I created an issue for adding that <
> https://github.com/boostorg/build/issues/253>.

Awesome Rene. Many thanks

Ion