[SERVER-70000] Upgrade boost from blackduck warning Created: 26/Sep/22  Updated: 19/Sep/23

Status: Backlog
Project: Core Server
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: None
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Type: Improvement Priority: Major - P3
Reporter: Alex Neben Assignee: Backlog - Service Architecture
Resolution: Unresolved Votes: 0
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Comment by Billy Donahue [ 19/Sep/23 ]

Upgrading Boost does feel like a ServiceArch thing to me.

The 1.79.0 release feels pretty far behind, but boost is so huge and confederated that it's hard to scan release notes for critical issues. I think that we are going to get benefits here having to do with increased adaptation to new C++20 language features, which could unlock performance and usability benefits.

Upstream is on a 4 month release cadence.
The last one was about a month ago.
We're still using 1.79.0.

v1.79.0 2022-04-13
v1.80.0 2022-08-10
v1.81.0 2022-12-14
v1.82.0 2023-04-14
v1.83.0 2023-08-11

We could take this opportunity to convert the boost import to come through the mongodb-forks workflow as well, instead of scripts/boost_get_sources.sh. Then it can be done more smoothly in the future. We would then be able to use git to track and upstream any local modifications or take critical upstream cherry-picks.

Comment by Alex Neben [ 09/Sep/23 ]

That is easiest place to see the boost version. The boost source code is copy and pasted into our repo which is where you can see the source code / real version.

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