Am 30.08.2018 um 22:43 schrieb Michael Biebl: > Hi Tobias > > On 8/30/18 22:35, Dr. Tobias Quathamer wrote: >> thanks for your investigation. I've deprecated those XML files more than >> two years ago and thought that this time might suffice to switch over to >> the JSON files. > > From past experience, unless you actively file bug reports, don't expect > packages to migrate on their own.
Right. :-) >> I would like to go through this list of packages and try to spot the >> actual usage of the XML files. If there are only a few packages which >> need to be fixed, it might still be doable before the freeze. From a >> quick glance, there are a few false positives included. So maybe it's >> not that bad after all. > > Filing bug reports against affected packages and user-tagging them might > be a good idea. This will help with tracking the progress of this > transition. Yes, that was my plan. That will take a few days, however, because I'd like to quickly look into the sources of those packages and try to determine if they actually rely on the XML files. Regards, Tobias
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