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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Simon,

On 8/6/2018 12:46 PM, Simon Richter wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 06.08.2018 18:35, Seth Hillbrand wrote:
> 
>> What are people's opinions on adding an additional boost dependency?  
> 
> I would never have thought to say these words out loud, but in general I
> prefer not reinventing the wheel.
> 
> Another Boost dependency is vastly preferable to having a block of code
> that only one or two people know how to maintain.
> 
>    Simon

I tend to agree but Boost 1.67 which is the latest release and was only
release in April.  I doubt 1.67 is widely availability except all but
the latest distro releases so I'm sure there will be build issues if we
bump the minimum boost version to 1.67.

Wayne