RFC: Deprecate libstdc++ Policy-Based Data Structures

[Jonathan Wakely]

On Wed, 24 Jul 2019 at 11:52, Tadeus Prastowo <tadeus.prastowo@unitn.it> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 12:40 PM Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > [Removing gcc@gcc.gnu.org from the CC list]
> >
> > On Wed, 24 Jul 2019 at 10:11, Tadeus Prastowo <tadeus.prastowo@unitn.it> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Knowing that Alex has stepped forward, I am interested in helping out
> > > in this matter as well if you think that will help.  My experience in
> > > maintaining a C++ library can be seen at
> > > https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/tice
> >
> > Would you be any more or less willing to help if the code lived in a
> > separate repository, either on sourceware.org or savannah.gnu.org?
>
> I would be less interested because then the library is just another
> C++ library out there.  In particular, if the library is no longer
> part of libstdc++, maintenance and deployment would be harder because
> the library is no longer compiled, tested, and deployed as it is now;
> marketing would also suffer.  In other words, being part of libstdc++,
> the library receives additional contributions from GCC maintainers as
> well as marketing channels.

But it doesn't. It's bit-rotting and nobody knows about it.


> > I'm not trying to delete all the code, I'm trying to move it out of libstdc++.
>
> And, being part of libstdc++ really means something.

In this case it means we're expected to carry around all this code for
questionable benefit.