Re: Shall we switch to C++17?

From: Mateusz Loskot (mateusz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2020-10-29 09:12:53

On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 at 21:21, Mateusz Loskot <mateusz_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> Recently, there have been some discussions on #boost-gil
> at cpplang.slack.com and in comments on GitHub issues
> about switching GIL to C++17 [1]
>
> TL;TR: Shall we do the switch and when?

After extensive discussion on Boost ML and Slack (#boost and
#boost-gil), I'm inclined to refine the approach and take smaller step
following Peter Dimov's suggestion [1]:

1. In Boost 1.75 we will announce that Boost.GIL will soon
    drop GCC 5 support and require C++14
2. In the next release(s) we will include Samuel's fixes (e.g. [2])
   and start requiring C++14.

If you have any concerns or objections, please speak up soon!

[1] https://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2020/10/250222.php
[2] https://github.com/boostorg/gil/pull/526#issuecomment-718007963

Best regards,
-- 
Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net