Re: [boost] [thread] Do we need thread_group now?

Subject: Re: [boost] [thread] Do we need thread_group now?
From: Olaf van der Spek (ml_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-04-15 04:29:35

On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 2:22 AM, Vicente J. Botet Escriba
<vicente.botet_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> I think that a period of 9 month/1 year between each stage is a good
> compromise. That lets 18 months/2 years to switch between the announce and
> the removal. This let also the time to see if the alternative is a real one.

I think that's way too short. There should be at least 3 years between
the new alternative being widely available (so not just Boost having
released it, but it being part of major Linux distro's too) and the
old feature being deprecated.

Olaf