Re: [Boost-build] compatible Python versions

From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2019-05-23 15:39:21

On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 9:59 AM stefan via Boost-build <
boost-build_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> a user just made me aware of
> https://github.com/boostorg/build/blob/develop/src/tools/python.jam#L396-L404,
> which appears to limit *some* functionality to Python versions <=3.4.
>
> Could someone please explain what this means ? What functionality is it
> that is limited in that way ? And shouldn't the above code be updated to
> include versions beyond ? (Python is now at version 3.8...)
>
I suspect it's just the effect of time catching up with us. That 34 value
was set 6 years ago. And hence version 3.4 seemed like an eternity away at
that point. Feel free to post a PR with a new far away value :-)

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