[cctbxbb] Boost Python 1.56

[Nicholas Sauter]

Nigel, Billy & Aaron,

I completely endorse this move to Boost 1.56.  Can we update our build?

Nick

Nicholas K. Sauter, Ph. D.
Computer Staff Scientist, Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 2:41 PM, Luc Bourhis <luc_j_bourhis at mac.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have improvements to the smtbx on their way to be committed which
> require Boost version 1.56. This is related to Boost.Threads, whose support
> I re-activated a few months ago on Nick’s request. I need the function
> boost::thread::physical_concurrency which returns the number of physical
> cores on the machine, as opposed to virtual cores when hyperthreading is
> enabled (which it is by default on any Intel machine). That function is not
> available in Boost 1.55 which is the version currently used in the nightly
> tests: it appeared in 1.56.
>
> So, would it be possible to move to Boost 1.56? Otherwise, I will need to
> backport that function. Not too difficult but not thrilling.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Luc
>
>
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