It's going to be too much work to respond individually where some things came up. So I'm doing a summary reply instead. 1. We already do not distribute binaries. Thanks Tom for clearing that up. 2. You can read Tom's reply regarding the Windows binaries he makes available. 3. Third parties distribute sources and prebuilt binaries. Those include Linux, BSD, Android, etc distributions and package managers. It's up to them to deal with the fallout of the software. Some package managers are designed to deal correctly with binary compatibility, but again, not our responsibility. 4. Changing build systems will not solve the perceived distribution problem. It will just change the details of any problems that deal with build systems. 5. The repeated discussions of "dropping C++XY support" or dropping "compiler Foo X.Y support" are not relevant to the distribution of source as we do. 6. The repeated discussions of modular vs. monolithic release also has no relation to dropping support for C++XY nor compiler Foo X.Y. 7. We already make periodic tested source releases and on-demand tested snapshot releases. Either available as full release archives or through git cloning (although the cloning takes a bit more effort) 8. The only relevant issues when it comes to any particular support are, as far as Boost is concerned: library design, author effort, testing resources. -- -- Rene Rivera -- Grafik - Don't Assume Anything -- Robot Dreams - http://robot-dreams.net