scala.xml.path?

On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 05:05:43PM +0100, Miles Sabin wrote:
> This vanished on the 25th ... was that intentional?

Yeah. I've been getting rid of XML code which doesn't work, hasn't been
touched since buraq left, and is used by nothing else in trunk. I might
overshoot a little here, but I think broken unmaintained code is
inferior to non-existent code.

> I'm not particularly sorry to see it go, but its removal means that
> the scala-library OSGi manifest has to be updated accordingly.

Ah. I'm afraid I don't know where that is - I can do it now and in the
future if you point the way (assuming I have access.)

On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 5:41 PM, Paul Phillips wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 05:05:43PM +0100, Miles Sabin wrote:
>> This vanished on the 25th ... was that intentional?
>
> Yeah.  I've been getting rid of XML code which doesn't work, hasn't been
> touched since buraq left, and is used by nothing else in trunk.  I might
> overshoot a little here, but I think broken unmaintained code is
> inferior to non-existent code.

Like I said, I'm not particularly sorry to see it go ... but are you
sure no-ones using it?

>
>> I'm not particularly sorry to see it go, but its removal means that
>> the scala-library OSGi manifest has to be updated accordingly.
>
> Ah.  I'm afraid I don't know where that is - I can do it now and in the
> future if you point the way (assuming I have access.)

It's scala-library/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF

I'm happy to look after this for the moment ... just keep me posted
when packages are added or removed. In future the Scala modularization
working group should have something to say about managing this
automatically.

Cheers,

Miles

On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 05:54:45PM +0100, Miles Sabin wrote:
> Like I said, I'm not particularly sorry to see it go ... but are you
> sure no-ones using it?

Choose one or more:

* Of course I'm sure, I personally inspected every computer in the world.
* Given the bugs I've fixed in XML, I'm sure nobody ought to be.
* No.

On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Paul Phillips wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 05:54:45PM +0100, Miles Sabin wrote:
>> Like I said, I'm not particularly sorry to see it go ... but are you
>> sure no-ones using it?
>
> Choose one or more:
>
>  * Of course I'm sure, I personally inspected every computer in the world.
>  * Given the bugs I've fixed in XML, I'm sure nobody ought to be.
>  * No.

I'll settle for the middle one ... if you're sure it's totally busted
anyway, then there's no harm killing it.

Cheers,

Miles

This is the kind of thing that would need to be put in release notes.
Even if some of the library may be broken, people might have used
workarounds (or even just some datarypes) in their own code.

Was it marked as deprecated in 2.7 so that people at least had a heads
up of its upcoming removal?

Perhaps it would be a good idea to have a policy on how to remove
crufty code so that people know what to expect (on both sides) in the
future.

Alex

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On 27 Sep 2009, at 18:05, Miles Sabin wrote:

> On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Paul Phillips
> wrote:
>> On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 05:54:45PM +0100, Miles Sabin wrote:
>>> Like I said, I'm not particularly sorry to see it go ... but are you
>>> sure no-ones using it?
>>
>> Choose one or more:
>>
>> * Of course I'm sure, I personally inspected every computer in the
>> world.
>> * Given the bugs I've fixed in XML, I'm sure nobody ought to be.
>> * No.
>
> I'll settle for the middle one ... if you're sure it's totally busted
> anyway, then there's no harm killing it.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Miles
>

On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 7:03 PM, Paul Phillips wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 05:54:45PM +0100, Miles Sabin wrote:
>> Like I said, I'm not particularly sorry to see it go ... but are you
>> sure no-ones using it?
>
> Choose one or more:
>
>  * Of course I'm sure, I personally inspected every computer in the world.
>  * Given the bugs I've fixed in XML, I'm sure nobody ought to be.
>  * No.
>
I think it would nevertheless be worth to send a message to scala
inquring whether anyone is using it.

Cheers