Re: [boost] Future of C++ and Boost

On Thu, May 5, 2022 at 12:16 PM Vinnie Falco wrote:

On Thu, May 5, 2022 at 8:52 AM James E. King III via Boost wrote:

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Why not simply have a concerted effort to remove C++03 support?

Not a bad idea in principle, but maybe you could ask Christopher Kohlhoff if he wants to drop C++03 support from Asio, and whether he wants to maintain this new, 3rd version of Asio?

Thanks

I may not understand the concerns there, but in general what I was suggesting was: 1. Stop testing C++03 in CI 2. Stop advertising C++03 support in repositories 3. Make it clear that C++11 is required to use boost >= 1.8X 4. Close issues that involve C++03 specifically (likely not that many) 5. Allow repositories to accept C++11 compliant pull requests 6. Come up with a project-wide rule, for example that boost will support 3 back-revisions of C++ so the future is more predictable. Libraries do not need to immediately rework themselves. They simply no longer need to consider it broken when C++03 no longer builds properly. - Jim