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Subject: Re: [boost] [parameter] Go C++11 and above only, or keep C++03 support?
From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-11-06 20:34:33


On 11/6/18 9:35 PM, Cromwell Enage via Boost wrote:
> Thanks for your feedback, everyone!
>
> To answer Glen Fernandes's question, I am not the official maintainer, just
> a contributor who is willing to help improve a Boost library.
>
> I've submitted a separate pull request that includes the C++03
> workarounds. I did this in case our official stance for 1.70 is to keep
> C++03 support, and also in an effort to ensure that the downstream
> libraries, a few of which I also use, won't break (or at least won't have
> their tests broken). Regarding Paul Bristow's input, it hasn't been a load
> of trouble, but it was bad enough. I'll leave it up to the official
> maintainer(s) to decide which PR to approve. That being said, should the
> new PR be the chosen one, any new features I plan to add from that point on
> will not include explicit C++03 workarounds.

Thank you Cromwell.


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