Bug#978172: Decide whether libphonenumber or its users should B-D against libboost dev packages

[tony mancill]

On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 10:30:32AM +0100, Laurent Bigonville wrote:
> EDS builds fine again, now that libphonenumber has reintroduced the B-D
> against libboost dev packages
> 
> libphonenumber maintainer wants use to depend on boost dev package, let's
> discuss that after bullseye release

Hi Laurent, Matthias, Andreas:

I am reviving the discussion now that bullseye has been released.  The
commit that added the B-D on libboost-thread-dev to libphonenumber-dev
is [1].

What are the drawbacks to leaving the boost B-D in libphonenumber-dev
and closing the bug?

Thank you,
tony

[1] https://salsa.debian.org/debian/libphonenumber/-/commit/be4e4215dcf0260344499ac05d9199ff55748cb7