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Sam's Q1 2024 Update

https://cppalliance.org/sam/2024/04/05/SamsQ1Update.html

Migration 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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  • Mohammad's Q1 2024 Update
    Link #Beast
    An 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.
  • Hub is here
    Link #Bloom
    During Q2 2026 Boost work is summarized: boost::container::hub accepted for Boost 1.92; Boost.Unordered added C++20 range support; Boost.MultiIndex got iterator pointers; Boost.ICL fixed for libc++ v22; Boost.Bloom, Boost.Graph and activities noted.
  • MrDocs Bootstrap: One Script to Build Them All
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    Complex C++ dependency management is explained with version conflicts, ABI issues, and platform toolchain differences. Limitations of package managers are described, and a bootstrap script is presented that automates builds, configuration, and IDE setup across platforms, supporting sanitizers.
  • Speed and Safety
    Link #Decimal
    CUDA support is added to Boost int128 for host and device use. Device from_chars/to_chars are provided by Boost.Charconv, and Boost.Decimal will gain CUDA later. Verification is used by Boost.Safe_Numbers for safety and error check with CUDA reporting.