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  • Boost.MySQL 1.87 and the new Boost citizens
    In Boost.MySQL 1.87, the type‑erased any_connection, with_params for one‑off queries, built‑in diagnostics, and a connection‑pool API are introduced, extensive async‑oriented documentation is updated, and MQTT5 and Hash2 libraries are added to Boost.
    Link #MySQL
  • Boost.Http.Proto Project Highlights
    Recent 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.
    Link #Beast
  • Cloud and Infrastructure Update Q3 2024
    Boost 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 features
    Boost.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.
    Link #MySQL
  • Peter Turcan Q2 2024 Status
    Various 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 Update
    In 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.
    Link #Compat
  • Krystian's Q2 2024 Update
    During 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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