[pkg-boost-devel] Upload of Boost 1.38

[Rene Engelhard]

Steve M. Robbins wrote:
> I just got Boost 1.38 uploaded today.  I imagine the fact that it is a
> new source package may raise some questions, chief among them: why so
> many versions of boost in the archive?
> 
> The answer is that we *don't* want legions of boost versions kicking
> around, thus removal will be requested for both Boost 1.34.1 and Boost
> 1.35 shortly after the newest Boost hits the archive.

Ah, also 1.35 will be removed now...
Thanfully I just built against 1.37 :)

> Maintainers of packages build-depending on Boost 1.34.1 and 1.35 have
> already been notified about this plan.

That's not exactly true. (You e.g. didn't answer on my reply yet why
asked exactly about when 1.35 would have been removed - if 1.37 gave anny
problem I would just have switched to 1.35)

Grüße/Regards,

René
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