From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2020-11-28 18:07:30


Rainer Deyke wrote:

> From a user perspective, forking is an improvement over the status quo: it
> means that Boost can guarantee that the 1.x line can stop dropping support
> for old C++ standards, making it relatively safe to upgrade within the 1.x
> line.

This is only an improvement in the imaginary world where we have enough
resources to maintain two forks. In reality, we have trouble maintaining
one.