Re: [boost] [release] 1.64.0 Delayed because of Microsoft (version numbers)

Tom Kent wrote:

Option 2 - 14.1 Use the abbreviated toolset version that microsoft uses for their toolset version. The $(PlatformToolsetVersion) macro is "141". In VS2015 this was "140".

build bootstrap would use bootstrap.bat vc141 build of source would use b2 toolset=msvc-14.1 build would generat libraries of the format libboost_NAME_vc141-OPTIONS-1_64.lib config would auto-link libraries of the same format

+1.