I posted a message on the user mailing list and nobody replied. I'd like to designate thrift-0.12.0 the last thrift release that supports C++03 for the runtime library. There is an effort underway (albeit stalled) to convert to using C++11 items over boost. This is tracked in THRIFT-4441 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-4441> in Jira. Having two runtime libraries (one that uses boost and one that uses C++11) will be a problem for downstream packagers. It will also simplify THRIFT-4441 and allow it to be completed. For now the unit tests will still require boost for Boost.Test, since many tests use it. We could convert to gtest (gmock) here. Finally, with the removal of boost from the C++ library we will also remove the posix and boost thread classes, and rename the std thread class to be the only thread class, removing some nasty non-inherited implementation build decisions. In fact a number of things in the threading area may end up being simplified.
As a reference point on C++03, Boost is starting to move away from C++03 support. It's now on a per-repository-maintainer decision. Also, folks who need boost and C++03 support can use 0.12.0 or earlier. Are there any objections? - Jim
