Re: Any objections to making C++14 the current baseline for Boost support and testing?

From: Martijn Otto (boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2022-05-06 08:25:15

I'm not against breaking compatibility with older c++-versions at all,
but given that c++-14 has so few new features compared to c++-11 I do
think that it may be better to bump the baseline to c++-17 directly.

Whether we should do that _now_ is another matter. IMNSHO c++17 has
been out for long enough that you'd expect most people to now have a
compiler that can handle it.

On Fri, 2022-05-06 at 09:19 +0100, John Maddock via Boost-users wrote:
> Pursuant of discussion elsewhere:
> 
> Does anyone have any concrete objections to Boost moving to a C++14 
> baseline?
> 
> This would mean:
> 
> * Library authors can drop and remove all support for pre-C++14 
> compilers after a suitable deprecation notice in place for say 3
> releases.
> 
> * The community maintenance team can likewise drop pre-C++14 support 
> from community maintained / orphan libaries.
> 
> * CI tests no longer need report pre-C++14 results.
> 
> * From the next release onward, the boost super-project should
> clearly 
> announce in our release notes, that C++11 and earlier support may no 
> longer be available from the start of 2023.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Thanks, John Maddock.
> 
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