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Consider splitting Vector into many library crates
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Description
@bruceg proposed in https://github.com/timberio/vector/pull/1924#issuecomment-591550535 to split Vector components into multiple isolated library crates, such as sinks, sources, etch to reduce built time of individual bits. This sounds interesting, although I think we need to spec out some kind of a plan before we get started.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the proposal in pull request #1924, especially the referenced issue comment, and review how Vector currently groups components such as sinks, sources, and etch. Define what isolated library crates would include and how the split would reduce individual build times. Done means an agreed implementation plan, not a specific code change.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100