Re: [boost] Suggested policy for dropping C++03 support in Boost libraries

On 2019-11-07 4:42 p.m., Rob Stewart via Boost wrote:

On November 7, 2019 3:10:12 PM EST, Peter Dimov via Boost wrote:

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We need a policy on phasing out C++03 support in Boost.

C++03 support is holding us back. It impedes development, increases maintenance costs, increases dependencies, and increases compilation times.

I thought library authors already were at liberty to require C++11 for their project. Are you suggesting that at this point in time all Boost libraries are supposed to be compatible with C++03 ?

Consider the alternate path of bumping the major version. There are a lot of libraries that will have to drop 03 simultaneously, so that would be signified clearly by a move to Boost v2.

There may be some tooling that assumes v1, but really, isn't it time to use the major version number?

I never understood our versioning (numbering) scheme. Given that we don't have any metric to measure the degree of (in-)compatibility between two distinct Boost releases, I always thought a simple monotonically increasing number would be the simplest. Let's just get rid of the "1." as a meaningless prefix, rather than invent some semantics around an illusion. Stefan -- ...ich hab' noch einen Koffer in Berlin...