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Boost.Http.Proto Project HighlightsRecent Boost.Http.Proto work includes a chained_sequence abstraction that merges split buffers for chunked parsing, optional gzip/deflate support via a Zlib interface, and a coroutine client handling Accept‑Encoding, redirects and streaming. Boost.Beast updates add trailer field parsing, error‑code overloads, removal of a skip variable for faster CRLF handling, and forward‑declared headers.
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Cloud and Infrastructure Update Q3 2024Boost 1.86.0 was released with Fastly CDN support; release scripts, Docker images, and AWS S3 uploads were improved. Build docs, site outage handling, local dev bootstrap, Xapian search, CI pipelines, Terraform runners, and billing/analytics were updated.
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Boost MySQL 1.87 new featuresBoost.MySQL 1.87 adds with_params for concise client‑side SQL, with_diagnostics for async error info, support for asio cancellation tokens, improved thread‑safe connection_pool, pydocca documentation migration, and modular Boost integration.
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Peter Turcan Q2 2024 StatusVarious documentation updates are reported, including new FAQ sections on post‑release engagement and non‑C++ language interfacing, revisions to the contributor and formal review guides, added development advice, policy updates, and a list of recent posts.
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Christian's 2024 Q2 UpdateIn Q2 2024, chunked transfer and zlib (deflate, gzip) serialization were added to Boost.Http.Proto, and a function_ref polyfill was created for Boost.Compat, with const/noexcept variations tested and its curried member access behavior noted.
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Krystian's Q2 2024 UpdateDuring Q2 2024, the P0 milestone for MrDocs was reached, a new feature for detecting and simplifying SFINAE-based types in generated documentation was implemented, and numerous clang patches addressing AST, Sema, parsing and other issues were merged.
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Alan's Q2 Update 2024The update details progress on MrDocs tool, its features, CI, integration with Boost libraries, Boost.URL, Boost Release Tools, Boost website, and C++ GitHub Actions, including new features, bug fixes, and upcoming plans.
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Kenneth's Q2 2024 UpdateDuring Q2 2024, work focused on the Boost.io website: onboarding to the repo, improving navigation and redirects, adding uv to speed CI builds, enhancing documentation handling, and deepening Django/web development skills for future updates.
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Ruben's Q2 updateC++20 modules for Boost were evaluated, revealing limited compiler support and high integration effort, causing the community to delay adoption. A Boost.Asio coroutine talk was presented, and Boost.MySQL added range formatting and pipeline request support.
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Mohammad's Q2 2024 UpdateDeprecation of beast::ssl_stream and beast::flat_stream, recommending asio::ssl::stream. Coroutine examples are simplified using asio::deferred. New fuzzing targets added, a Boost.Http.IO coroutine client example added, and Boost‑Gecko received a learn index.
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