Re: The new Boost 17.0.0

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2020-11-29 16:14:34

Jeff Garland wrote:
> Why not just alternate releases -- so we'd have a 20 release and then a 17 
> release, etc?

I have no idea how that's supposed to work.

> If we did pull this off, one interesting problem that would be induced is 
> what various linux distros ship with...

Linux distros ship Boost built with the default gcc, with the default C++ 
standard. g++ defaults to C++03 before g++-6, to C++14 before g++-11. A 
C++17 Boost will be unshippable for a while. C++14 is kind of acceptable 
today.

The other major consumer of pre-C++11 Boost are non-mainstream platforms 
such as z/OS, where people are still stuck with C++03.

See e.g.

https://github.com/boostorg/build/issues/534
https://github.com/boostorg/build/issues/535
https://github.com/boostorg/build/issues/519
https://github.com/boostorg/build/issues/511
https://github.com/boostorg/build/issues/473
https://github.com/boostorg/build/issues/471