Boost 1.60 – a short overview

1. A "mini-boost" that splits off some very basic things like string algorithms that are still not in the standard, while specifically excluding the heavyweight components.

2. Formal deprecation and eventual removal of some components, as C++ standards are finally getting their act together. For instance, no new code should probably depend on BOOST_FOREACH(), and I would think that the main issue with objects like boost::scoped_ptr<> is the dependency on boost names (but functionally, they ought to work when replaced by standard versions now).

3. Merging of standard components and boost extensions. For instance, if there is anything that boost::foobar does better than std::foobar, keep boost::foobar but migrate the implementation to be in terms of std::foobar (with new behavior on top) so that boost-extended code can integrate more cleanly with code that uses standards only.