[MacPorts] #59834: Boost: update to 1.74.0 (was: Boost: update to 1.73.0)
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#59834: Boost: update to 1.74.0
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Reporter: michaelld | Owner: (none)
Type: update | Status: new
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version:
Resolution: | Keywords:
Port: boost |
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Description changed by michaelld:
Old description:
> Boost 1.73.0 was released on 20200426.
>
> Here are my comments from Boost 1.72.0, which I'll do testing on shortly
> to verify:
> {{{
> My initial testing shows 2 things:
>
> 1. the new API ''is'' compatible with every port I have installed that
> requires Boost --26 ports, out of the roughly 268 ports that `port echo
> depends:boost` returns -- so about 10%, which for my current setup --
> macOS 10.14.6 18G1012 / Xcode 11.2.1 11B500 -- all build cleanly & I saw
> no deprecation warnings in the build logs I reviewed (about 10 of those
> ports)!
> 2. The new ABI ''is not'' compatible with the prior one. Hence, we have
> to actually rev-bump ports to link against the new ABI.
>
> I'm going to create a PR for this update & post it here: first for Boost
> itself then rev-bumps for the dependent ports that I've tested. I'd
> encourage others to add to it.
> }}}
New description:
Boost 1.74.0 was released on 20200814 <
https://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_74_0.html >
I've closed the WIP PR for 1.72.0 because it was stale. I'll do a local
update / test to work on compatibility and if things aren't horrible then
I'll create another PR. Hopefully this Boost is more project-compatible
than the prior 2 versions, and so we can get it in place more quickly.
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