Re: [boost] [release] Boost 1.66.0 Release Candidate 2

Subject: Re: [boost] [release] Boost 1.66.0 Release Candidate 2
From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-12-14 17:40:17

On 12/14/17 19:11, Peter Dimov via Boost wrote:
> Olaf van der Spek wrote:
>> "Info: Boost.Config is older than your compiler version - probably 
>> nothing bad will happen - but you may wish to look for an update Boost 
>> version. Define BOOST_CONFIG_SUPPRESS_OUTDATED_MESSAGE to suppress 
>> this message."
>>
>> generates so much noise, could it be suppressed for 15.5 if the 
>> updates to config can't be included?
> 
> I agree that this message isn't going to make us many new friends, and 
> that it doesn't provide much value in this specific case.

Any new version of a compiler can break something that was working 
before. MSVC has especially bad history. If we haven't tested it with 
1.66 then we should say so. Release notes are probably a better place 
though.