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VcPkg Tutorial: Install a specific version of the Boost libraries using registry baselinesThe tutorial explains using vcpkg registry baselines to lock all Boost libraries to a specific version, by identifying the commit for that version and adding a secondary registry with a baseline and package patterns, avoiding per‑package overrides.
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Alan's Q1 2024 UpdateQ1 2024: MrDocs received LLVM, CI/Antora integration, HTML handling and a wrapper for binaries. Boost.URL got extensive testing, bug fixes and documentation updates. Boost Release Tools, the website and Github Actions include features and bug fixes.
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Krystian's Q1 2024 UpdateDuring Q1 2024 clang development was emphasized, targeting C++ standards conformance, bug fixes, and AST refactoring. Write access to LLVM allowed submission and merging of many patches fixing diagnostics, template handling, crashes, and other compiler issues.
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Christian's Q1 2024 UpdateCI for Boost.Buffers and Boost.Http.Proto was built with in‑house cpp‑actions; automated matrix creation proved cumbersome, so manual input control was used, easing workflow. Container types and serialization progressed, with next quarter focused on C++dev.
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Ruben's Q1 2024 UpdateClient‑side SQL formatting was added to Boost.MySQL for safe batch query composition. Boost.PFR support, Boost.Charconv integration, and a Boost.Parser evaluation were added. CI work for Boost.Redis and build‑script refactoring were also performed.
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Mohammad's Q1 2024 UpdateAn overview of recent work is presented, including bug fixes, warning resolution, and SSL build improvements for Boost.Beast; enhancements to Boost.Http.Proto serializer and conversion of Boost.Buffers documentation to Asciidoc; performance scaling and a new CI workflow for Boost‑Gecko to crawl Boost library documentation and upload it to Algolia.
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Sam's Q1 2024 UpdateMigration of Boost download CDN to Fastly was performed, TLS and load balancers were configured, Boost website deployment was automated, release scripts were updated, Mailman environments were set up, wowbagger upgrades were discussed, and Jenkins and Drone jobs were adjusted.
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Joaquín's Q1 2024 UpdateIn Q1 2024, Boost.Unordered received emplace optimization and allocator fixes; Boost.Bimap received heterogeneous lookup; concurrency research was continued; a perfect‑hashing talk was prepared; Boost promotion and a new website were advanced.
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Matt's Q1 2024 UpdateDuring Q1 2024, work was performed on several Boost libraries: Charconv completed its review and was released in Boost 1.85; the Decimal library progressed toward a beta with major performance gains; the Multi library preparation for review was undertaken; and new optimization algorithms were added to the Math sub‑library in Boost 1.85. Community feedback and bug fixes were incorporated throughout.
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Dmitry's Q1 2024 UpdateDuring Q1 2024 work on Boost.JSON included direct serialization and cleanup, a performance regression in the parser was identified and will be fixed, number serialization is being reimplemented with Charconv pending compiler support, Boost.Endian replaced internal endianness handling, and a recursive filesystem::path conversion bug was resolved.
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