[rob74]

The "good and lasting support" part is the most important IMHO. Nothing is more annoying than having to switch to another library because the one you are currently using goes unmaintained. This can happen in the "stdlib" too (e.g. PHP deprecating the mcrypt library), but it happens much less often, and typically with much more time to prepare. Also important is that, when there is a "standard" stdlib package, other dependencies you might use will probably use that - having two dependencies that use different packages for doing the same thing is also annoying.