Bug#816038: ITP: mapbox-variant -- Alternative to boost::variant for C++11

[Bas Couwenberg]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Bas Couwenberg <sebastic at debian.org>

* Package name    : mapbox-variant
  Version         : 1.1.0
  Upstream Author : MapBox (https://github.com/mapbox/variant/issues)
* URL             : https://github.com/mapbox/variant
* License         : BSD-3-Clause
  Programming Lang: C++
  Description     : Alternative to boost::variant for C++11

Mapbox variant has the same speedy performance of boost::variant but is
faster to compile, results in smaller binaries, and has no dependencies.

Mapbox variant has been a very valuable, lightweight alternative for
apps that can use c++11 or c++14 but that do not want a Boost dependency.
Mapbox variant has also been useful in apps that do depend on Boost,
like Mapnik, to help (slightly) with compile times and to majorly lessen
dependence on Boost in core headers.


This package is required for Mapnik 3.0.10, and will be maintained along
with Mapnik in the Debian GIS team.