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> Still alpha: spec is still alpha and it looks like it will remain like that since the intention is for spec2 to completely replace it in the future.

Out of curiosity for the folks in the know: why is this the state of affairs? Where we have the library in alpha for a long time, and being replaced already?

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I remember Rich mentioning his in a talk. There's one problem he considers unresolved and he wouldn't finalize the API until he had a good solution. Unfortunately, I can't remember what it was. Also, this must have been more than a year ago, whatever goes on in spec2 might have evolved since then.

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