Frank it was long time ago and there are things it is better to ignore because they were ugly. Now for Pharo we have a vision and working hard to make it happens.
Stef >> >> There are right now three models of Urls in the system >> -> Network-Url >> -> Network-URI >> -> ZnUrl >> >> The URI implementation was contributed by Impara to Squeak 3.9. >> Back then the plan was to first add it and then spend do the effort >> to replace Url *and* use it as a layer to abstract File access > > I'm one of the guys who didn't finish off the URI/URL work. If ZnUrl > is fantastic, and general, and permits separate packages to add > capabilities (supporting SIP URIs, for instance), then it sounds like > just the thing to take as the gold standard. IIRC, Andreas and Bert > beat on my approach to this, allowing external packages to add new URI > schemas through a simple registry. > >> Sadly then due to politics I don't understand to this day, Impara was >> forced to stop contributing to Squeak and URI never was put into use. > > I don't recall hearing anything about Impara being forced to stop > contributing to Squeak. Do you have pointers to such discussions? IIRC > "Impara" pretty much meant "Andreas Raab", and he carried on > contributing to Squeak right up until his death, except when he was > working too much on his day job. > > frank > >> I vote to take 3.0 as a chance to remove it. >> >> -> The tests (already removed) where in "expected failures" for more >> then >> half of the tests >> -> It is not used in the image. >> -> Other users can just load it. >> >> If nobody has any real reason to keep it, we should remove it in one of >> the next updates. >> >> Marcus >> >> >
