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

From: Jeff Garland (jeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-05 14:19:26

On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 12:58:29 -0500, David Abrahams wrote
> "Jeff Garland" <jeff_at_[hidden]> writes:
> 
> > I think a fork or perhaps an 'official' branch with commercial
> > support
> 
> Are those distinct things?

Yes.  A fork would be an externally maintained distribution -- ala the Debian
verions of boost -- a branch would be in the main Boost repository. 
Either/both can be done.
 
> > is good solution.
> 
> It sounds really confusing to me.  Users will wonder if the 
> "official" boost release is... the "official" branch that has the 
> backing of commercial support, or... the one that's on the main 
> trunk and is "supported" by boost.org

Sorry to confuse -- hopefully the above clears it up.  

> > I don't think alot of open source projects will be impacted by
> > dropping vc6 support.  If commercial enterprises want to band together to
> > extend support then that's their right and choice.  Sharing back with the
> > community is to their advantage, so we should support it -- as long as it
> > doesn't detract from pushing boost forward into the future.
> 
> I guess allowing it to sit in the CVS on a branch would be nice, but 
> I don't think it really amounts to "support..." unless you had something
> else in mind (?)

Not by itself, but it would be of some value to some members of the community.
The 'support' would be answering questions and making fixes and releases on
that branch.

Jeff