[MacPorts] #59834: Boost: refactor and enhance

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#59834: Boost: refactor and enhance
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  Reporter:  michaelld    |      Owner:  mascguy
      Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  assigned
  Priority:  Normal       |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports        |    Version:
Resolution:               |   Keywords:
      Port:  boost        |
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Comment (by eborisch):

 I'm late to the party; do we know what is preventing moving the base boost
 to 1.72.0?

 FWIW, FreeBSD's Ports tree (also started by JKH, one of the MP founders)
 uses just one version (1.72.0) currently.

 There might be less overall friction if we can follow in their wake. They
 split boost out into:

  * boost-all (50)
  * boost-docs (53)
  * boost-jam (439)
  * boost-libs (1,230)
  * boost-python-libs (8)
  * boost_build (5)

 The (numbers) are from bsdstats.org, their opt-in usage tracking, so you
 can see the relative installs.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/59834#comment:41>
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