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Boost Mission
  • development of high quality, expert reviewed, legally unencumbered, open-source libraries,
  • inspiring standard enhancements, and
  • advancing and disseminating software development best practices.

It does this by fostering community engagement, nurturing leaders, providing necessary financial/legal support, and making directional decisions in the event of Boost community deadlock.

Equally important to our mission is the guidance provided by our shared values. These are transparency, inclusivity, consensus-building, federated authorship, and community-driven leadership.

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Why Use Boost?   In a word, Productivity. Use of high-quality libraries like Boost speeds initial development, results in fewer bugs, reduces reinvention-of-the-wheel, and cuts long-term maintenance costs. And since Boost libraries tend to become de facto or de jure standards, many programmers are already familiar with them.

schedule of events

October 2024

Oct. 23, 2024: Boost 1.87.0 closed for new libraries and breaking changes
Release branch is closed for new libraries and breaking changes to existing libraries. Still open for bug fixes and other routine changes to all libraries without release manager review.

Oct. 30, 2024: Boost 1.87.0 closed for major changes
Release closed for major code changes. Still open for serious problem fixes and docs changes without release manager review.

November 2024

Nov. 6, 2024: Boost 1.87.0 closed for beta
Release closed for all changes

Nov. 13, 2024: Boost 1.87.0 beta
Beta posted for download.

Nov. 14, 2024: Boost 1.87.0 open for bug fixes
Release open for bug fixes and documentation updates. Other changes by permission of a release manager.

December 2024

Dec. 4, 2024: Boost 1.87.0 closed
Release closed for all changes

Dec. 11, 2024: Boost 1.87.0 release
Release posted for download.

library spotlight

Test

Support for simple program testing, full unit testing, and for program execution monitoring.

Added in 1.29.0

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