Re: [boost] Release managers: Boost.Thread breaking changes in 1.53

Subject: Re: [boost] Release managers: Boost.Thread breaking changes in 1.53
From: ecyrbe (ecyrbe_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-12-30 09:44:15

2012/12/30 Olaf van der Spek <ml_at_[hidden]>

> BOOST_THREAD_VERSION = 2?
>
> I'm not a fan of breaking backwards compatibility, especially if it
> happens silently without compile errors.
>
>
i do agree. is there a big warning when BOOST_THREAD_VERSION is set to 3?
we have a lot of code using boost;thread , and silently accept code that
could break could be a big problem if the user is not aware of it.