[madhadron]

Ah. Yes, I wasn't the one who had to get Boost into Buck, so I don't know the pain. But I also have been told to avoid Boost for modern C++, so...

[gumby]

I need boost, but mainly because I use other packages than depend on boost.

I also use boost when the compiler is behind (e.g. boost::variant until apple's compiler caught up).

I can't wait to have a boost-free tree. but I suspect it will be a while.

[hackandtrip]

Why would someone avoid Boost?

[Piezoid]

I have seen a library with a copy of boost in the include folder. Client code is forced to use this outdated version and must avoid transitive dependencies to boost. Please don't do that.

[louiz]

It’s a very heavy dependency, in many ways.