Re: [Boost-users] BOOST: Any planned release?

From: Ion Gaztañaga (igaztanaga_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-27 12:05:59

dhruva wrote:
> Hi,
>  I am particularly looking for the boost::interprocess package. Is
> there any plan for a release in the near future? Has someone been
> using this in their production environment now. I have a real need and
> am evaluating if it is complete enough (with not too many changes
> planned) for me to replace the existing IPC mechanism used by us
> (McAfee).

Interprocess will be out with Boost 1.35. Since Boost 1.34 is still 
unreleased and boost 1.33.1 was released December 2005, I'm afraid 
Interprocess won't be officially in Boost soon.

Regarding changes, I'm planning binary breaking changes (basically, 
using intrusive containers for container and memory algorithm 
implementations) until it's released to improve performance and maybe 
some filename/class name changes because current files violate some 
Boost guidelines (names are too long).

If you plan to make old McAfee processes compatible with future ones 
(maybe you just update all processes every product version and this is 
not an issue), you'll need to take an snapshot of current Interprocess 
or avoid using it until it's released.

Regards,

Ion