Re: The new Boost 17.0.0

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2020-11-28 18:07:30

Rainer Deyke wrote:

> From a user perspective, forking is an improvement over the status quo: it 
> means that Boost can guarantee that the 1.x line can stop dropping support 
> for old C++ standards, making it relatively safe to upgrade within the 1.x 
> line.

This is only an improvement in the imaginary world where we have enough 
resources to maintain two forks. In reality, we have trouble maintaining 
one.