Re: [boost] [test] VC6.5 no longer supported?

From: Richard V. Day (richardvday_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-02 19:31:20

Jody Hagins wrote:

>On Thu, 2 Feb 2006 12:29:43 -0500
>Douglas Gregor <doug.gregor_at_[hidden]> wrote:
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>>We definitely need to know what's happening here. If Boost.Test is  
>>going to drop VC6 support, that's fine, but we need to know sooner  
>>rather than later. I have several libraries that will need to move to 
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>>another testing infrastructure if Boost.Test drops support for older  
>>compilers.
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>I've been advocating for dropping ancient compilers for a while. 
>However, I think we should NOT just drop a compiler without notification
>for at least one release cycle.
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>If we are sure we want to drop a compiler, decide on it now and
>deprecate it for 1.34, then you can drop it in a subsequent release.
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Please do not drop msvc6sp5 yet. I need it still. Upgrading my compiler 
is not an option at this time as I have applications I need to continue 
supporting which would break with visual studio.net and cause me a lot 
of grief and headaches not to mention lots of work.