Re: Boost 1.81 in Debian Testing

[Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org>]

On 1/4/23 06:24, Anton Gladky wrote:
> Dear valued contributors,
>
> I am pleased to announce that the latest version of Boost, version 1.81, is now
> available in Debian Testing [1].
>
> We encourage all contributors whose packages depend on Boost libraries to
> consider building against Boost 1.81 in order to facilitate a smooth transition.
> Installing the -dev Boost packages from the experimental repository is simple,
> as shown in the following command: sudo apt install libboost-dev -t experimental.
>
> If you encounter any issues or have suggestions for improvement, please do not
> hesitate to file bugs or prepare merge requests on salsa [2].
>
> Thank you.
>
> [1] https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/boost1.81
> [2] https://salsa.debian.org/debian/boost
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Anton

Hi,

The latest update of boost was in late 2020. Why are we waiting so late 
in the release cycle to do such a transition? The month of the freeze is 
*NOT* a good moment to do it.

Cheers,

Thomas Goirand (zigo)