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  • Boost.RunTimeServices: The Glue for Optional Runtime Features
    Compile‑time macros are replaced by runtime services for optional features like compression, allowing services to be installed and queried at execution, producing smaller binaries and one library version, while challenges of linking and overhead are noted.
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  • Bigger, Faster, Stronger Types
    Progress on Boost libraries: int128 beta‑ready and integrated into an IEEE‑754 decimal type with a 256‑bit backend, giving >100 % speedups. Boost.Math GPU support refined; Boost.Multiprecision adds a double‑double backend for precision with lower cost.
    Link #Math
  • Mailman3 and Website-V2
    Mailman 3 replaced Mailman 2 for Boost mailing lists, adding archive import, Redis cache and faster posting; Boost.org V2 was launched with DNS switch, IPv6, autoscaling, CDN tweaks, doc‑page caching and updates to Antora, CI defaults, monitoring and runner upgrades.
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  • Ready, set, Redis!
    Boost.Redis is co‑maintained with an FSM redesign that improves testability, provides UNIX‑socket support, logging and updated docs. Boost.MySQL auth is enhanced, Boost.Postgres is started, OpenMethod and Bloom are reviewed, and test framework is extended.
    Link #Bloom
  • Bringing B2-Style Test Granularity to CMake
    B2‑style granularity is added to Boost’s CMake integration by building the test executable, post‑build extracting test names via a listing flag, generating a .cmake file with individual add_test entries, and including it with TEST_INCLUDE_FILES, enabling separate reporting and selective runs.
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  • Boost.Bloom ready for shipping in Boost 1.89
    Boost.Bloom was accepted and will ship in Boost 1.89 (Aug 2025). Traits and functions were added to several libraries (ContainerHash, Unordered, MultiIndex, Flyweight, PolyCollection) and CI, documentation, and community promotion were improved.
    Link #Unordered
  • New Boost Tutorials Online
    Richard Thomson from the Utah C++ Programmers Group has built a treasure trove of tutorials on assorted Boost libraries! Check it out at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJDO7P5jAoXznY....cdMMcKJky8UHbhC Utah C++ Programmers Group: https://www.meetup.com/utah-cpp-programmers/
    News
  • Boost presence at WG21 meeting in Sofia, Bulgaria
    The C++ Alliance, one of the sponsors of the recent WG21 meeting in Sofia, Bulgaria, has brought some Boost posters and merchandise to the event. It's been a nice opportunity to share with the commitee members information on some of the newest Boost libraries and the launch of our new website. On the standardization front, the long-awaited inclusion of reflection in C++26 has been making the rounds across the community. Try to guess who's who in the pictures below! Cheers!
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  • Some Thoughts on Documentation
    The documentation pipeline for Boost.JSON was migrated from Doxygen‑generated Quickbook to AsciiDoc using a Python conversion tool and a multipage Asciidoctor plugin, restructuring overload comments and planning replacement of Doxygen with Mr.Docs.
    Link #JSON
  • Cloud and Infrastructure Update Q1 2025
    Server OSes were upgraded to Ubuntu 24.04 with Ansible scripts; CI pipelines were tweaked to suppress lcov errors, refresh Jenkins jobs, and test HPA autoscaling. Fixes covered boost website deployment, IBM Cloud Drone billing, and JSON benchmark alerts.
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