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[Ian McInerney <Ian.S.McInerney@xxxxxxxx>]

Ping. Is there any opposition to bumping the minimum Boost version to 1.59?

-Ian

On Sat, Aug 31, 2019 at 10:05 PM Blair Bonnett <blair.bonnett@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>
> On Thu, 29 Aug 2019 at 14:10, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> > What's wrong with setting the minimum boost version to 1.59?
>
> Absolutely nothing; the suggestion of 1.62 was merely a personal opinion.
>
> > If this is the version that has the testing features that you need and
> presumably
> > all later versions, then this should suffice.  I would prefer that we
> maximize
> > the number of supported distros whenever possible.
>
> Sure! A quick grep says the only current compile-time checks for Boost
> versions are 1.59 (qa), 1.64 (also qa) and 1.68 (3D viewer cache). Since
> 1.64 is a no-go at this stage, 1.59 would be a good step forward.
>
> (Sorry for the delay in response, I had an unexpected lack of internet
> access for a couple of days).
>
> Cheers
> Blair
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