Russell Shaw wrote:
Richard Brown wrote:
Mikhail Gusarov wrote:
Twas brillig at 19:05:25 28.02.2010 UTC-05 when rbrown1...@gmail.com
did
gyre and gimble:
RB> So of these disabled, removed extensions. How many of these are
RB> disabled as a result of actual broken code, vs, how many are
RB> disabled because, "we don't like how it looks"?
Most of them were removed because they were broken for years
(literally)
and nobody complained.
If the extensions are removed because of broken code, i can
understand, especially for the extensions which have duplicitous
functionality which can be obtained by using other X11 features, i do
not ask for time to expended to get broken code working.
But, if the extensions are in working order, there is no reason or
justification to remove them, even if their functionality is
duplicated, different applications may be tied to a certain API. "We
dont like how it looks" is not a good reason to remove extensions.
Xprint, was this actually broken code, for instance. Ximage, was this
broken code? XEVIE, again, was that broken code.
What are you referring to by "Ximage" ?
Ximage extension to the X server. It has been superceded by MIT shared
memory. However, some ancient apps may still use it.
If the extension is broken code, dont waste your time, Im not asking
you to spend time on it, we will do our best here to move off of
them. But, if the extension is in working order, why not put it back in?
To justify removing an extension, the extension needs to be in a
broken, non working order, and that it is causing technical problems
for the rest of the X system, and to require extensive reworking,
and apps can implement what it needs in another way. "We dont like
how it looks", or "we dont think people use this", are not good
justifications.
Since X.org officially has had all of these extensions until very
recently, apparently although they may have been in a non working
state, at the same time, they were not causing a problem, so I cannot
see the action as being justified to remove them.
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