Re: library usage statistics

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2023-04-30 15:19:25

Robert Ramey wrote:
> The basic question that occurs to me is "is this library worth maintaining and
> keeping in boost".  If dropping the library would break a lot of users code,
> then the answer is an easy yes.  If dropping the library would result in breaking
> no code - the answer is an easy no.
> Otherwise it's a judgement call we can argue about.  But in order to do this we
> need to know the answer the question: "How much code would be broken if
> not in Boost.  Hopefully this sheds light on this.

There's probably a way to answer the question "how many Debian (Ubuntu,
Fedora...) packages would be broken if we remove library X from Boost", but
I don't know what it is.