wasm-gc depricated, and should not be needed?

[nuke-web3]

polkadot/scripts/init.sh

Line 14 in 537145e

# Install wasm-gc. It's useful for stripping slimming down wasm binaries.

Note: you probably don't need to use this project. This project is no
longer necessary to run by hand, nor do you need the wasm-gc executable
installed.

1. The Rust compiler now natively supports --gc-sections when linking wasm executables, which means wasm executables already have 90% of their garbage removed when coming out of the compiler.
2. The wasm-pack (and wasm-bindgen) project will already run this by default for you, so there's no need to run it again.

Don't include this build! If you think you need to feel free to open an issue on wasm-pack or wasm-bindgen, as it may be a bug in one of those projects!

I wonder if the script needs this still? It is also unmaintained, and my gut says that is a reason not to use it.

I also noticed: https://blog.rust-lang.org/2022/02/24/Rust-1.59.0.html#creating-stripped-binaries

[profile.release]
strip = "debuginfo"

This causes debuginfo to be stripped from release binaries. You can also supply "symbols" or just true to strip all symbol information where supported.

Without context, I wonder if this is related and could obviate some need for cargo-gc

[bkchr]

Wasm-gc isn't required to be installed. It can be removed from the script.

[pepyakin]

Duplicate of paritytech/substrate#1262

[bkchr]

This is not really a duplicate. It is about cleaning the init.sh script. Not sure if someone is still using this.