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Subject: Re: [boost] C++03 / C++11 compatibility question for compiled libraries
From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-02-08 22:35:28


On 02/09/18 01:09, degski via Boost wrote:
> On 8 February 2018 at 14:42, Andrey Semashev via Boost <
> boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
>> Because otherwise such code base becomes unshippable with that distro
>> (i.e. cannot be packaged for that distro).
>
> Not everybody uses linux, in reality most people don't...

(Most people do, actually.)

So you're suggesting what, exactly? Leaving Linux people out in the
cold? And, probably, every other UNIX-like system, too, since the poor
distribution culture is mostly an unfortunate property of the Windows
ecosystem.


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