[THRIFT-4730] Remove pthread and boost::thread library support and use std::thread for C++11

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.13.0
• Component/s: C++ - Library
• Labels: Breaking-Change
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/thrift/pull/1683
• Assignee: James E. King III
• Reporter: yuanyuan chen
• Created: 08/Jan/19 05:55
• Updated: 16/Oct/19 22:26
• Resolved: 11/Jan/19 14:15

Description

Using C++11 std::thread and std::mutex instead of pthread to enhance portability across different platforms (especially Windows).

Issue Links

• incorporates: THRIFT-4593 Unit Tests failing on Alpine Linux due to non-portable mutex initializers
• is duplicated by: THRIFT-4514 Remove pthread and boost::thread library support and use std::thread for C++11
• is related to: THRIFT-3978 Thrift C++ runtime uses assert to prevent overflows, checks sanity only in debug builds
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #1683