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From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2024-10-08 12:14:42


Andrey Semashev wrote:
> On 10/8/24 03:31, Peter Dimov via Boost wrote:
> > My point was that if we want people to contribute to our libraries in
> > 2024, we shouldn't require from them to do so using C++98 code[...]
>
> And we don't. We only require that "A library runs on at least two C++
> compilers implementing the latest ISO C++ standard."
> (https://www.boost.org/development/requirements.html#Portability)
> There's also no requirement that new libraries use specific Boost libraries as a
> dependency, although reasonable code reuse is encouraged.

It's not about new libraries, but contributions/PRs to existing libraries.

This is a separate topic that is unrelated to our marking libraries as
obsolete; it was a response to the previously raised "why would anyone
want to upgrade an existing working C++03 library to C++11 or later."


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