Hello!

I would like to propose the change of required boost version for Wesnoth
to 'boost 1.35'
The reasons are as follows:
1) my ai work uses boost::dynamic_pointer_cast<>, which is not present
in 1.33. Keeping a copy of that header file in the codebase is not
practical, it's better to change required boost version.
2) boost 1.35+ is present in major distributions, such as debian stable.
3) requiring boost 1.35 will open the way to future rewrite of wesnoth
network layer using boost:asio, which is not present in boost 1.33

It was discussed on irc, with opinions in favor of the change:

<boucman> Crab_: you work is 1.7 only, and we better change requirement 
early... I say go for it

<silene> but i tend to think it's a bad idea to copy things from boost, it 
would be better to increase the required version

<Ivanovic> IMO it would be fine to up the boost requirement to the latest 
version available in debian, which is 1.35 IIRC

<mordante> Crab_ I'm also in favour of upping the boost requirement to 1.35 so 
best send a mail to the dev-ml

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WBR, Yurii Chernyi (crab)

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