Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2013 21:03:36 -0700
From: Dave Johansen <davejohansen@gmail.com>
To: Development discussions related to Fedora
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Subject: Re: boost141 and stability of Boost API?
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On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Denis Arnaud <denis.arnaud_fedora@m4x.org>wrote:
> Hi Dave,
>
> note that Boost-1.48 has been packaged for EPEL 5 and 6, but not yet
> approved: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=921134
> In case it is useful to anyone, do not hesitate to approve it :)
> And if there is more love, we could even embark on the way to package
> Boost-1.54 for EPEL... But that is another story.
>
That's good to hear because it's always good to have options, but newer
versions just bring up the question of a "moving target". Just like how you
mentioned 1.54, if we're shooting for newer versions, then why not go with
that one, or 1.55 after it? The point of RHEL is a stable platform and
development environment and chasing the newest version of a library
(especially one as volatile as Boost) just doesn't seem to fit the RHEL
mentality.