Github user achristianson commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/nifi-minifi-cpp/pull/166
LGTM, however I suspect any boost at all may be more trouble than it's
worth, given our current minimal coupling with it.
I would be open to keeping boost for future extensions if there is a
compelling case for it, and then sequestering it to extensions which are
implicitly disabled if EXCLUDE_BOOST is set.---
