Re: [boost] [release] 1.66.0 closing for beta tomorrow

Subject: Re: [boost] [release] 1.66.0 closing for beta tomorrow
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-11-11 17:56:39

AMDG

On 11/11/2017 10:18 AM, Raffi Enficiaud via Boost wrote:
> 
> No, I did not mean reverting a series of changes and asking for a lot of
> work for many people. Thanks for the hint, the "--abbreviate-paths"
> works perfectly for me!
> 
> I agree with James E. King, III that it would be good to have it as the
> default on win32, but if this complicated path scheme is there, there
> should also be a reason...
> 

  Didn't we run into this exact same problem before with
address-model/architecture?  Ah, here's the code that hides
the autodetected value of the feature:
https://github.com/boostorg/boost/blob/master/boostcpp.jam#L647
Perhaps we should do the same for threadapi?

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe