Re: [boost] [release] Boost 1.66.0 Release Candidate 2

On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 11:10 AM, Daniel James via Boost wrote:

On 14 December 2017 at 16:11, Peter Dimov via Boost wrote:

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Olaf van der Spek wrote:

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"Info: Boost.Config is older than your compiler version - probably nothing bad will happen - but you may wish to look for an update Boost version. Define BOOST_CONFIG_SUPPRESS_OUTDATED_MESSAGE to suppress this message."

generates so much noise, could it be suppressed for 15.5 if the updates to config can't be included?

I agree that this message isn't going to make us many new friends, and that it doesn't provide much value in this specific case.

You've both been aware if this message for several weeks, and it comes up every time there's a new Visual C++, so it's a bit awkward to ask for something to be done a few days before the release. A release

I was expecting the updates to config to be included in 1.66.0.

candidate thread is pretty much the worst place to deal with a long standing problem. We don't have testers for the new version of Visual Studio yet, so the warning message is entirely correct. Silencing it would do no favours to anyone who relies on it. I suppose the question is whether anyone really does rely on it, but making a design change at this late stage is probably a bad idea.

If you want to discuss this, I'd suggest starting a new thread, and putting '[config]' in the subject, so that it will get the attention of the appropriate people. Release managers shouldn't force a change on a library that's working as intended, unless it's causing failures.

Will do -- Olaf