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February 2025

Feb. 19, 2025: Boost 1.88.0 closed for new libraries and breaking changes
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Feb. 26, 2025: Boost 1.88.0 closed for major changes
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March 2025

March 5, 2025: Boost 1.88.0 closed for beta
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March 12, 2025: Boost 1.88.0 beta
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March 13, 2025: Boost 1.88.0 open for bug fixes
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April 2025

April 2, 2025: Boost 1.88.0 closed
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June 2025

June 25, 2025: Boost 1.89.0 closed for new libraries and breaking changes
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July 2025

July 2, 2025: Boost 1.89.0 closed for major changes
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August 2025

Aug. 6, 2025: Boost 1.89.0 closed
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October 2025

Oct. 22, 2025: Boost 1.90.0 closed for new libraries and breaking changes
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Oct. 29, 2025: Boost 1.90.0 closed for major changes
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November 2025

Nov. 5, 2025: Boost 1.90.0 closed for beta
Release closed for all changes
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December 2025

Dec. 3, 2025: Boost 1.90.0 closed
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Utility

Various utilities, such as base-from-member idiom and binary literals in C++03.

Added in 1.16.1

Dave Abrahams and others