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Asio and post-quantum cryptography
by Jonathan Wakely 17 Jul '25

17 Jul '25

Hi, I am trying to find out if Asio is usable with new post-quantum cryptographic algorithms in OpenSSL, e.g. when using TLS 1.3 connections and pure ML-DSA TLS certificates. The main question is whether Asio is affected by the much larger size of the new certificate types. My understanding is that Asio doesn't care about those sizes, it has no hardcoded buffers for keys and certs, and just uses buffers provided by users of the library. So if a user wants to support larger certs, they need to provide larger buffers, and Asio will pass those buffers through to OpenSSL. But I don't know if any new member functions might be needed for the ssl context object. Has anybody tried using Asio with post-quantum support in openssl? Or is it something that will take new development effort in Asio? Thanks, Jonathan (apologies if you get this mail twice, I think my first attempt didn't get through because I sent from a different address that isn't subscribed)

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[1.89] Authors: please provide your release notes
by Joaquin M López Muñoz 11 Jul '25

11 Jul '25

Procedure is as usual, submit a PR against https://github.com/boostorg/website/blob/master/feed/history/boost_1_89_0.q… Thank you! Joaquín M López Muñoz

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[Release] Master branch is now closed for the beta release
by Marshall Clow 10 Jul '25

10 Jul '25

Master is closed for all changes. See the release schedule at: https://www.boost.org/calendar -- Release managers

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New website and release notes
by Ruben Perez 08 Jul '25

08 Jul '25

Hi all, Now that we have the new website, has the procedure to submit release notes changed? This page: https://www.boost.org/doc/contributor-guide/release-notes.html lists the old procedure of using quickbook files, but if I remember correctly this was one of the things that were meant to change with the new website. Thanks, Ruben.

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[release] Master branch closing for Beta release TOMORROW
by Marshall Clow 08 Jul '25

08 Jul '25

After tomorrow: Release branch closed for all changes. Next milestone:July 16 - 1.89.0 beta 1 Calendar is here: https://www.boost.org/calendar — The release managers

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Reserved identifiers used for include guards
by Gennaro Prota 08 Jul '25

08 Jul '25

Hi, I found that many include guard macros in Boost contain "__HPP" (note the double underscore). It would be nice to reduce those underscores to one, because identifiers containing two consecutive underscores "are reserved to the implementation for any use" (C++ standard, [lex.name]). -- Gennaro Prota <https://prota.dev>

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[release] Master branch now closed for major changes
by Marshall Clow 03 Jul '25

03 Jul '25

Release closed for major code changes. Still open for serious problem fixes and docs changes without release manager review. Next deadline: 9-July - Master branch will close for the 1.89.0 beta release. Calendar: https://www.boost.org/calendar/ — The release managers

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Template repository for header only library for Boost
by cppleo＠ya.ru 02 Jul '25

02 Jul '25

Hello, everyone. Does anybody know how to create repository for Boost header only library, which successfully builds using b2 and CMake with quickbook documentation and tests? Thanks! -- wbr, Leonid

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[release] Deadline for MAJOR changes for boost 1.89.0 is tomorrow.
by Marshall Clow 01 Jul '25

01 Jul '25

The calendar is at: https://www.boost.org/calendar/ — Marshall

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[review] [sqlite]
by Richard Hodges 29 Jun '25

29 Jun '25

Dear All, Surprise! The Boost formal review of the Boost SQLITE library starts *TODAY*, taking place from November 13th, 2024 to November 22nd, 2024 (inclusive). I apologise profusely for springing this on you without prior warning. The error is entirely mine. I am extending the period by one day to compensate. The library is authored by Klemens Morgenstern (@klemens-morgenstern in the CppLang slack). Documentation: https://klemens.dev/sqlite/ <https://anarthal.github.io/mysql/index.html> Source: https://github.com/klemens-morgenstern/sqlite <https://github.com/anarthal/mysql/> >From the documentation: boost.sqlite is a simple to use C++ sqlite library. It provides a modern interface using facilities like error_code, views (e.g. for blobs) and the ability to use boost.describe or boost.pfr for parameterised queries. Supported features include: - typed queries - prepared statements - json support - custom functions (scalar, aggregate, windows) - event hooks - virtual tables SQLite provides an excellent C-API, so this library does not attempt to hide, but to augment it. Please provide in your review information you think is valuable to explain your choice to ACCEPT or REJECT including SQLITE as a Boost library. Please be explicit about your decision (ACCEPT or REJECT). Some other questions you might want to consider answering: - Will the library bring additional out-of-the-box utility to Boost? - What is your evaluation of the implementation? - What is your evaluation of the documentation? - Will the choice of API abstraction model ease the development of software that must talk to a SQLITE database? - Are there any immediate improvements that could be made after acceptance, if acceptance should happen? - Did you try to use the library? With which compiler(s)? Did you have any problems? - How much effort did you put into your evaluation? A glance? A quick reading? In-depth study? - Are you knowledgeable about the problem domain? More information about the Boost Formal Review Process can be found at: http://www.boost.org/community/reviews.html The review is open to anyone who is prepared to put in the work of evaluating and reviewing the library. Prior experience in contributing to Boost reviews is not a requirement. Thank you for your efforts in the Boost community. They are very much appreciated. Richard Hodges - review manager of the proposed Boost.SQLITE library Klemens is often available on CppLang Slack and of course by email should you require any clarification not covered by the documentation, as am I.

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