Alternative to goog.ds? about closure-library

[concavelenz]

Is there a reason you can't fork the code into your own project if you are using them?

[12wrigja]

goog.ds was removed as it was unused within Google. There is no suggested alternative, but John's suggestion of copying the newest version of it into your project is a good one.

[drewkutilek]

Yes I agree that copying the latest version into my project is a viable alternative, but I was more curious as to why it became unused and if there is a compelling reason for me to move away from it as well. I found it very useful.

[shicks]

I'm not particularly familiar with this library myself, but I did a little bit of archaeology. It seems that the package was relatively popular 10ish years ago, but apparently the uses were replaced by other things, or else just deleted as projects retired. By a last year, we realized there was only a single user left within Google, so we handed ownership off to them.

It's possible something like redux might be a more modern alternative, but I can't speak to whether it covers all the use cases. The easiest solution is definitely to just fork it.