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

Subject: Re: [boost] Release managers: Boost.Thread breaking changes in 1.53
From: Krzysztof Czainski (1czajnik_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-12-31 06:37:22

2012/12/31 Tim Blechmann <tim_at_[hidden]>

> >> 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 ...
>

So how about Boost.Threads2 (like Signals2), while leaving Boost.Thread
unchanged?
Regards,
Kris