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From: David P. Riedel (driedel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2020-05-05 15:47:34


Just for clarification, GCC 9 supports concepts through the -fconcepts
compiler flag which is how I ran into this problem.

On 5/2/20 4:10 PM, Robert Ramey via Boost wrote:
> On 5/2/20 10:44 AM, Vinnie Falco via Boost wrote:
>> On Sat, May 2, 2020 at 9:34 AM Glen Fernandes
>> <glen.fernandes_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>> A new release is costly
>>
>> Understood. The problem is that the Boost 1.73 release as it is
>> currently shipped, has a Beast that does not work with C++20
>> coroutines. Thus one or more other individuals besides me and Richard
>> should decide if this is important enough to justify the cost of a new
>> release. I can go either way on it. The fixes are stable and well
>> tested.
>>
>
> We'll have another release in 2-4 months.  I very much doubt that there
> are many users who are currently using Beast with C++20.  And I don't
> see a huge hardship if those users need to wait a couple of months.  I
> just don't see that a patch is worth all the extra work, including
> distribution, publicity, and confusion it might cause. Onward !!! don't
> waste time looking back.
>
> better to spend a little more time to tweak the testing/release process
> so that such a thing can't recurre.
>
> Robert Ramey
>
>> Thanks
>>
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