Re: Dropping C++03 support (again)

From: Bo Persson (bo_at_[hidden])
Date: 2023-02-04 12:48:24

On 2023-02-04 at 13:08, Peter Dimov via Boost wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I have a novel idea, let's drop C++03 support.
> 

> 
> To that end, I propose the following:
> 
> Boost release 1.82.0 is announced as the last one
> with C++03 support. If critical problems are found
> in it post-release, we will issue 1.82.1, 1.82.2 and
> so on, as appropriate (as C++03 users will not be
> able to just upgrade to 1.83.)
> 
> Boost release 1.83.0 is announced to require C++11
> at minimum. 

An equally daring proposal:

Call in Boost 2.0 to mark the beginning of a new epoch.