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[Kevin Cozens <kevin@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 2017-03-26 07:32 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> find_package( Boost 1.54.0 REQUIRED COMPONENTS system )
>
> That seems fairly old to me but every time we bump a dependency version,
> users on older platforms get dropped.  Anyone have an idea of what a
> reasonable minimum version of boost that wont leave too many users out
> of luck?

FYI, when I was running Linux Mint 17 I only had boost 1.54 (IIRC). Now that 
I'm on 18.1 I have boost 1.58. Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu which tends to 
lag behind some other distros by a bit. This information is one data point 
for you to consider in deciding the minimum version.

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