Factor wire module out into its own crate?

[canndrew]

I've written a crate that depends on smoltcp, but I'm only using the wire module. I just noticed that smoltcp requires nightly but I really want to be able to run on stable. The wire module alone doesn't require nightly.

Would you be interested in factoring wire out into a separate crate, called smoltcp-wire or something? I'm probably going to do this anyway. It's really just a matter of who wants to take ownership/responsibility for it and whether we want to de-duplicate code.

[dlrobertson]

This is duplicate of #54. It may be best close this and post there. Just so everything is in one place.

Either way, thanks for bringing this up! It is actually something I've had a few conversations about recently.

[canndrew]

Thanks! I'll close this then.

[whitequark]

@canndrew Um, what?

First, I am absolutely against you hijacking the smoltcp namespace on crates.io. Why did you even think this is okay?

Second, the fact that smoltcp depends on nightly Rust is transient. The only nightly feature used is the slice::rotate_left function. You're free to wait until that's stabilized (rust-lang/rust#41891), or just inline it into the file where it's used.

[canndrew]

First, I am absolutely against you hijacking the smoltcp namespace on crates.io. Why did you even think this is okay?

I didn't. It's a matter of whether you want to create/own the crate or whether I should fork it. If I was to fork it I'd rename it too. I'm sorry if that wasn't clear.

Second, the fact that smoltcp depends on nightly Rust is transient.

Okay, cool. How long do you think until it's stabilised? (Edit: nevermind, looks like it will happen fairly soon.)

[whitequark]

I have no objections to inlining the function if you want a release of smoltcp that works on stable, like, right now.

[whitequark]

@canndrew smoltcp will work on stable again at 1.26: rust-lang/rust#41891 (comment).