Re: Technical Excellence?

From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2024-03-27 16:47:56

On 3/27/24 19:37, John Maddock via Boost wrote:
> 
>> Was there ever a discussion about creating a process for removal of
>> unmaintained libraries?
>> If not, I think there should be.
> 
> It does come up every now and again, so far as I know the only thing we
> have ever managed to remove was TR1 - and only because the author (that
> would be me) actively pushed for it ;)
> 
> We should learn to be more ruthless on that front IMO.

The biggest obstacle to removing any library is that the library may
have users. This is true regardless of the perceived quality or
"modern-ness" of the library.