On 06/29/2015 09:20 AM, Brad Jorsch (Anomie) wrote:
On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 11:52 AM, Subramanya Sastry <ssas...@wikimedia.org>
wrote:
The "PHP parser" used in production has 3 components: the preprocessor,
the core parser, Tidy. Parsoid relies on the PHP preprocessor (access via
the mediawiki API), so that part of the PHP parser will continue to be in
operation.
As noted in my update, we are working towards read views served by Parsoid
HTML which requires several ducks to be lined up in a row. When that
happens everywhere, the core PHP parser and Tidy will no longer be used.
Do we have plans for avoiding code rot in "unused" the PHP parser code that
would affect smaller third-party sites that don't using Parsoid?
My response to your other email covers quite a bit of this.
As far as I have observed, the PHP parser code has been quite stable for
a while. And, small third-party sites are unlikely to have complex
requirements and are less likely to hit serious bugs. In any case, we'll
do a good-faith effort to keep the PHP parser maintained and we'll fix
critical and really high priority bugs. But, simply by virtue of us
being a small team with multple reponsibilities, we will prioritize
reducing complexity in Parsoid over keeping the PHP parser maintained.
In the long run, I think that is a better path to bringing the two
systems together.
Subbu.
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