Re: [Boost-users] Removing all support for Visual C++ 7.0, GCC 3.2 and other old compilers

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Removing all support for Visual C++ 7.0, GCC 3.2 and other old compilers
From: Daniel James (daniel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-08-06 07:47:34

On Tue, 6 Aug 2013, at 01:33 PM, Kerry, Richard wrote:
> 
> Whatever is to be done I would say it is important that it is documented
> which version is the last to support any particular compiler.
> I'm still dependant on Visual Studio 6 and I recall not finding it
> clearly stated which was the last version of Boost to support it.

That's a very good point. Visual Studio 6 was quite badly handled. I
believe at some point config introduced some incompatible code. No one
noticed for a couple of versions, so it isn't exactly clear when it
happened. It would have been better if we'd had a better cut off point -
and maybe even backported fixes to that version for people who use the
compiler.