Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 14:50:22 -0500
On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 19:32:45 +0000, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
> IPR isn’t for distribution.
OK. Substitute whatever format we end up using for distribution of
modules within RPM, DPKG, vcpkg, ports, etc. It just can't be "nothing"
because otherwise modules are effectively only useful in monorepo
build-the-world-from-scratch projects. Which is not how C++ works today
in the realm of FOSS. And it is best if that format is compatible
between otherwise-compatible compilers too.
--Ben
> IPR isn’t for distribution.
OK. Substitute whatever format we end up using for distribution of
modules within RPM, DPKG, vcpkg, ports, etc. It just can't be "nothing"
because otherwise modules are effectively only useful in monorepo
build-the-world-from-scratch projects. Which is not how C++ works today
in the realm of FOSS. And it is best if that format is compatible
between otherwise-compatible compilers too.
--Ben
Received on 2019-02-12 20:50:30