Thank you Glen, this is good news for everyone involved. On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 3:11 PM Glen Fernandes via Boost-users < boost-users@lists.boost.org> wrote:
> > *Boost library authors and maintainers are free to drop support for old > C++ standards in their libraries, at any time. * > This includes libraries that other Boost libraries depend on. It even > includes core libraries like Boost.Core or Boost.Static_Assert. > > We ask that maintainers do the right thing by all our users (which may > include other Boost libraries) by announcing a future breakage *at least > two Boost releases in advance*. > > When that eventual release time arrives, if Boost libraries are broken in > older standards modes due to another Boost library dropping support, it > will not block the Boost release. > > This means that we do not need to announce "Boost is dropping C++03" > because Boost doesn't "support C++03" now as it is. > > It means that you, maintainer of Boost.X, should realize that you are free > to announce that "Boost.X is dropping C++XY in version 1.Z" as you see fit. > > Boost in its infancy thrived because its libraries were on the cutting > edge. Boost libraries today should similarly not be confined simply because > other Boost libraries have chosen to depend on them. > > Furthermore, as Boost release managers we support authors exercising this > freedom, and do not intend to impose any restrictions on what language > support they must maintain. > > We will add a page to the Boost website stating the above formally. > > -- The release team (Glen Fernandes, Marshall Clow) > > _______________________________________________ > Boost-users mailing list > Boost-users@lists.boost.org > https://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users >
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