[MacPorts] #68481: boost182, boost183: provide ports for new versions

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#68481: boost182, boost183: provide ports for new versions
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  Reporter:  barracuda156  |      Owner:  mascguy
      Type:  update        |     Status:  assigned
  Priority:  Low           |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports         |    Version:  2.8.1
Resolution:                |   Keywords:
      Port:  boost         |
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Comment (by barracuda156):

 Replying to [comment:5 mascguy]:
 > Replying to [comment:4 artkiver]:
 > > I am looking into it as a dependency for graphics/usd (which is
 installing boost176) and noticed that it seems as if boost is in a similar
 state to Python, with a gazillion versions.
 >
 > Yep, we pruned the number of versions back to four, over the past few
 months. (Simply because it was becoming burdensome to maintain them all.)
 >
 > So we'll add a new one eventually. But they're released so often, that
 it's pointless to keep creating - and supporting - each new release.

 Well, I guess we could try a new one, as long as someone did the work? I
 can test PowerPC and aarch64.

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