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Subject: Re: [boost] boost.test regression or behavior change (was Re: Boost.lockfree)
From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-10-06 05:17:56


On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 11:56 AM, M.A. van den Berg <thijs_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
>>
>>> 3) Why make users change their code to use 'Test2' instead of 'Test',
>>> and then to 'Test3' in the future?
>>
>> That allows users to opt in to the changes.
>
> This is a clear example of the drawbacks of a monolithic boost distribution.

What, exactly, and how it it related to monolithic structure? Opting
in for such breaking changes is the only sensible way, IMHO.


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