diff --git a/.drone.star b/.drone.star
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+# Use, modification, and distribution are
+# subject to the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
+# file LICENSE.txt)
+#
+# Copyright Rene Rivera 2020.
+
+# For Drone CI we use the Starlark scripting language to reduce duplication.
+# As the yaml syntax for Drone CI is rather limited.
+#
+#
+globalenv={}
+linuxglobalimage="cppalliance/droneubuntu1604:1"
+windowsglobalimage="cppalliance/dronevs2019"
+
+def main(ctx):
+  return [
+  linux_cxx("TOOLSET=gcc COMPILER=g++ CXXSTD=03,11 Job 0", "g++", packages="", buildtype="boost", buildscript="drone", image=linuxglobalimage, environment={'TOOLSET': 'gcc', 'COMPILER': 'g++', 'CXXSTD': '03,11', 'DRONE_JOB_UUID': 'b6589fc6ab'}, globalenv=globalenv),
+  linux_cxx("TOOLSET=gcc COMPILER=g++-4.7 CXXSTD=03,11 Job 1", "g++-4.7", packages="g++-4.7", buildtype="boost", buildscript="drone", image=linuxglobalimage, environment={'TOOLSET': 'gcc', 'COMPILER': 'g++-4.7', 'CXXSTD': '03,11', 'DRONE_JOB_UUID': '356a192b79'}, globalenv=globalenv),
+  linux_cxx("TOOLSET=gcc COMPILER=g++-4.8 CXXSTD=03,11 Job 2", "g++-4.8", packages="g++-4.8", buildtype="boost", buildscript="drone", image=linuxglobalimage, environment={'TOOLSET': 'gcc', 'COMPILER': 'g++-4.8', 'CXXSTD': '03,11', 'DRONE_JOB_UUID': 'da4b9237ba'}, globalenv=globalenv),
+  linux_cxx("TOOLSET=gcc COMPILER=g++-4.9 CXXSTD=03,11 Job 3", "g++-4.9", packages="g++-4.9", buildtype="boost", buildscript="drone", image=linuxglobalimage, environment={'TOOLSET': 'gcc', 'COMPILER': 'g++-4.9', 'CXXSTD': '03,11', 'DRONE_JOB_UUID': '77de68daec'}, globalenv=globalenv),
+  linux_cxx("TOOLSET=gcc COMPILER=g++-5 CXXSTD=03,11,14,1z Job 4", "g++-5", packages="g++-5", buildtype="boost", buildscript="drone", image=linuxglobalimage, environment={'TOOLSET': 'gcc', 'COMPILER': 'g++-5', 'CXXSTD': '03,11,14,1z', 'DRONE_JOB_UUID': '1b64538924'}, globalenv=globalenv),
+  linux_cxx("TOOLSET=gcc COMPILER=g++-6 CXXSTD=03,11,14,1z Job 5", "g++-6", packages="g++-6", buildtype="boost", buildscript="drone", image=linuxglobalimage, environment={'TOOLSET': 'gcc', 'COMPILER': 'g++-6', 'CXXSTD': '03,11,14,1z', 'DRONE_JOB_UUID': 'ac3478d69a'}, globalenv=globalenv),
+  linux_cxx("TOOLSET=gcc COMPILER=g++-7 CXXSTD=03,11,14,17 Job 6", "g++-7", packages="g++-7", buildtype="boost", buildscript="drone", image="cppalliance/droneubuntu1404:1", environment={'TOOLSET': 'gcc', 'COMPILER': 'g++-7', 'CXXSTD': '03,11,14,17', 'DRONE_JOB_UUID': 'c1dfd96eea'}, globalenv=globalenv),
+  linux_cxx("TOOLSET=clang COMPILER=clang++ CXXSTD=03,11 Job 7", "clang++", packages="", buildtype="boost", buildscript="drone", image=linuxglobalimage, environment={'TOOLSET': 'clang', 'COMPILER': 'clang++', 'CXXSTD': '03,11', 'DRONE_JOB_UUID': '902ba3cda1'}, globalenv=globalenv),
+  linux_cxx("TOOLSET=clang COMPILER=clang++-3.5 CXXSTD=03, Job 8", "clang++-3.5", packages="clang-3.5 libstdc++-4.9-dev", llvm_os="precise", llvm_ver="3.5", buildtype="boost", buildscript="drone", image=linuxglobalimage, environment={'TOOLSET': 'clang', 'COMPILER': 'clang++-3.5', 'CXXSTD': '03,11,14,1z', 'DRONE_JOB_UUID': 'fe5dbbcea5'}, globalenv=globalenv),
+  linux_cxx("TOOLSET=clang COMPILER=clang++-3.6 CXXSTD=03, Job 9", "clang++-3.6", packages="clang-3.6", llvm_os="precise", llvm_ver="3.6", buildtype="boost", buildscript="drone", image=linuxglobalimage, environment={'TOOLSET': 'clang', 'COMPILER': 'clang++-3.6', 'CXXSTD': '03,11,14,1z', 'DRONE_JOB_UUID': '0ade7c2cf9'}, globalenv=globalenv),
+  linux_cxx("TOOLSET=clang COMPILER=clang++-3.7 CXXSTD=03, Job 10", "clang++-3.7", packages="clang-3.7", llvm_os="precise", llvm_ver="3.7", buildtype="boost", buildscript="drone", image=linuxglobalimage, environment={'TOOLSET': 'clang', 'COMPILER': 'clang++-3.7', 'CXXSTD': '03,11,14,1z', 'DRONE_JOB_UUID': 'b1d5781111'}, globalenv=globalenv),
+  linux_cxx("TOOLSET=clang COMPILER=clang++-3.8 CXXSTD=03, Job 11", "clang++-3.8", packages="clang-3.8 libstdc++-4.9-dev", llvm_os="precise", llvm_ver="3.8", buildtype="boost", buildscript="drone", image=linuxglobalimage, environment={'TOOLSET': 'clang', 'COMPILER': 'clang++-3.8', 'CXXSTD': '03,11,14,1z', 'DRONE_JOB_UUID': '17ba079149'}, globalenv=globalenv),
+  linux_cxx("TOOLSET=clang COMPILER=clang++-3.9 CXXSTD=03, Job 12", "clang++-3.9", packages="clang-3.9 libstdc++-4.9-dev", llvm_os="precise", llvm_ver="3.9", buildtype="boost", buildscript="drone", image=linuxglobalimage, environment={'TOOLSET': 'clang', 'COMPILER': 'clang++-3.9', 'CXXSTD': '03,11,14,1z', 'DRONE_JOB_UUID': '7b52009b64'}, globalenv=globalenv),
+  linux_cxx("TOOLSET=clang COMPILER=clang++-4.0 CXXSTD=03, Job 13", "clang++-4.0", packages="clang-4.0", llvm_os="trusty", llvm_ver="4.0", buildtype="boost", buildscript="drone", image="cppalliance/droneubuntu1404:1", environment={'TOOLSET': 'clang', 'COMPILER': 'clang++-4.0', 'CXXSTD': '03,11,14,1z', 'DRONE_JOB_UUID': 'bd307a3ec3'}, globalenv=globalenv),
+  linux_cxx("TOOLSET=clang COMPILER=clang++-5.0 CXXSTD=03, Job 14", "clang++-5.0", packages="clang-5.0", llvm_os="trusty", llvm_ver="5.0", buildtype="boost", buildscript="drone", image="cppalliance/droneubuntu1404:1", environment={'TOOLSET': 'clang', 'COMPILER': 'clang++-5.0', 'CXXSTD': '03,11,14,1z', 'DRONE_JOB_UUID': 'fa35e19212'}, globalenv=globalenv),
+  osx_cxx("TOOLSET=clang COMPILER=clang++ CXXSTD=03,11,1 Job 15", "clang++", packages="", buildtype="boost", buildscript="drone", environment={'TOOLSET': 'clang', 'COMPILER': 'clang++', 'CXXSTD': '03,11,14,1z', 'DRONE_JOB_UUID': 'f1abd67035'}, globalenv=globalenv),
+    ]
+
+# from https://github.com/boostorg/boost-ci
+load("@boost_ci//ci/drone/:functions.star", "linux_cxx","windows_cxx","osx_cxx","freebsd_cxx")
diff --git a/.drone/drone.sh b/.drone/drone.sh
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+++ b/.drone/drone.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2020 Rene Rivera, Sam Darwin
+# Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+# (See accompanying file LICENSE.txt or copy at http://boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+set -e
+export TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR=$(pwd)
+export DRONE_BUILD_DIR=$(pwd)
+export TRAVIS_BRANCH=$DRONE_BRANCH
+export VCS_COMMIT_ID=$DRONE_COMMIT
+export GIT_COMMIT=$DRONE_COMMIT
+export REPO_NAME=$DRONE_REPO
+export PATH=~/.local/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH
+
+if [ "$DRONE_JOB_BUILDTYPE" == "boost" ]; then
+
+echo '==================================> INSTALL'
+
+BOOST_BRANCH=develop && [ "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" == "master" ] && BOOST_BRANCH=master || true
+cd ..
+git clone -b $BOOST_BRANCH --depth 1 https://github.com/boostorg/boost.git boost-root
+cd boost-root
+git submodule update --init tools/build
+git submodule update --init libs/config
+git submodule update --init tools/boostdep
+cp -r $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/* libs/optional
+python tools/boostdep/depinst/depinst.py optional
+./bootstrap.sh
+./b2 headers
+
+echo '==================================> SCRIPT'
+
+echo "using $TOOLSET : : $COMPILER ;" > ~/user-config.jam
+./b2 libs/optional/test toolset=$TOOLSET cxxstd=$CXXSTD
+
+fi