Re: [boost] [Report] 2749 regressions on RC_1_34_0 (2007-01-24)

From: Douglas Gregor (doug.gregor_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-01-25 17:08:22

On Jan 24, 2007, at 1:34 PM, George M. Garner Jr. wrote:
> A large number of these regressions are msvc-6.5 errors.  I don't  
> know of
> anything that I have written in the last 3 or 4 years that would  
> compile on
> that platform.  I still maintain a msvc-7.1 compiler because I have  
> a legacy
> application that I am maintaining, which doesn't use Boost.  I  
> really wonder
> if it is reasonable to expect Boost to compile on msvc-6.5?  In any  
> event,
> perhaps that is something that should be considered.

We consider this every once in a while, and some libraries have been  
dropping support for these older compilers, but with so many msvc-6.5  
users still out there... isn't hard to just say, "too bad." I expect  
we'll phase out these compilers over time, but it will take yet more  
time.

        Cheers,
        Doug