Re: Suggested policy for dropping C++03 support in Boost libraries

From: Rainer Deyke (rainerd_at_[hidden])
Date: 2019-11-08 11:44:31

On 07.11.19 22:42, Rob Stewart via Boost wrote:
> Consider the alternate path of bumping the major version. There are a lot of libraries that will have to drop 03 simultaneously, so that would be signified clearly by a move to Boost v2.

I like this idea, for two reasons:

1. It lets us point to a definite last version of Boost to support 
C++03.  Have a project that is stuck on C++03, but compiles with the 
current latest version of Boost?  This is the specific version of Boost 
that you should use.

2. It leaves open the door for an emergency maintenance release to the 
C++03 line, in case any truly terrible bugs end up in that final 1.x 
release.

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Rainer Deyke (rainerd_at_[hidden])