[ANNOUNCEMENT] boost 1.63.0-1

[Yaakov Selkowitz]

The following packages have been uploaded to the Cygwin distribution:

* boost-build-1.63.0-1
* libboost-devel-1.63.0-1
* libboost_mpi-devel-1.63.0-1
* libboost_python-devel-1.63.0-1
* libboost_python3-devel-1.63.0-1
* libboost_atomic1.63-1.63.0-1
* libboost_chrono1.63-1.63.0-1
* libboost_context1.63-1.63.0-1
* libboost_container1.63-1.63.0-1
* libboost_coroutine1.63-1.63.0-1
* libboost_date_time1.63-1.63.0-1
* libboost_filesystem1.63-1.63.0-1
* libboost_graph1.63-1.63.0-1
* libboost_graph_parallel1.63-1.63.0-1
* libboost_iostreams1.63-1.63.0-1
* libboost_locale1.63-1.63.0-1
* libboost_log1.63-1.63.0-1
* libboost_math1.63-1.63.0-1
* libboost_program_options1.63-1.63.0-1
* libboost_random1.63-1.63.0-1
* libboost_regex1.63-1.63.0-1
* libboost_serialization1.63-1.63.0-1
* libboost_signals1.63-1.63.0-1
* libboost_system1.63-1.63.0-1
* libboost_thread1.63-1.63.0-1
* libboost_timer1.63-1.63.0-1
* libboost_type_erasure1.63-1.63.0-1
* libboost_wave1.63-1.63.0-1
* libboost_test1.63-1.63.0-1
* libboost_numpy1.63-1.63.0-1
* libboost_numpy3_1.63-1.63.0-1
* libboost_python1.63-1.63.0-1
* libboost_python3_1.63-1.63.0-1
* libboost_mpi1.63-1.63.0-1
* libboost_mpi_python1.63-1.63.0-1
* libboost_mpi_python3_1.63-1.63.0-1
* python2-boost.mpi-1.63.0-1
* python3-boost.mpi-1.63.0-1

Boost provides free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries. It
emphasize libraries that work well with the C++ Standard Library. Boost 
libraries are intended to be widely useful, and usable across a broad 
spectrum of applications.

This is an update to a newer version of Boost with numerous changes:

http://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_61_0.html
http://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_62_0.html
http://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_63_0.html

This release includes several packaging changes as well:

* Boost.Build and Boost.Jam are now shipped in the new boost-build package;

* The new Numpy extension library is available for both Python 2 and 3;

* MPI support is enabled via the libboost_mpi-devel package;

* The Python MPI bindings are enabled via python{2,3}-boost.mpi.

--
Yaakov

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