Comment by jpc0
1 day ago
> uwebsockets zlib boost folly glog gflags fmt double-conversion openssl usockets
Lightweight is a little bit of an exaggeration. What is the reason for using boost::thread over std::thread for this? I haven’t had time to dig through the code but most of the time I’ve found it was for compatibility with older compilers but you explicitly require C++20 support.
Regarding deps why not just standardise on vcpkg, it’s already a requirement for windows. That way you can use a manifest and ensure your dependencies are always the same version.
Better yet I would try to strip some of the more annoying to build libraries (cough folly) and replace them with more “standard” libraries that you can include using CPM and drop the requirement for vcpkg completely.
Hi, author here (new-grad, v0.1.0 is literally the first public cut) – thanks a lot for the detailed dependency review!
So the real hard deps should end up as: `uWebSockets + usockets + OpenSSL + fmt` Everything else will be opt-in.
Road-map update (just added): 1. Merge `std::thread` rewrite (dev branch) 2. Remove folly/double-conversion, glog/gflags 3. Provide single-header client & minimal build script 4. Add `vcpkg.json` for Windows; Linux/macOS stay pure CMake/FetchContent
Your feedback is shaping v0.2.0 – please keep it coming! Feel free to open a Discussion or issue if you spot more low-hanging DX wins. Really appreciate the help