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

Subject: Re: [boost] Release managers: Boost.Thread breaking changes in 1.53
From: Tim Blechmann (tim_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-12-31 06:26:33

>> All depend on what do you intend by significant added value. From
>> my POV the std thread was designed more carefully than Boost.Thread
>> which was the implementation of one of the first proposals. The
>> implementation was just frozen until the standard was fixed.
> 
> What is the point of changing boost::thread to behave like
> std::thread?
> 
> The user can already choose to use std::thread behaviour - by using 
> std::thread.

if you cannot use c++11 for some reasons, it is good to have
source-compatible version in namespace boost ...

tim