On 2/1/03 at 6:42 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matt Sergeant) wrote: > On Saturday, Feb 1, 2003, at 18:25 Europe/London, S Woodside wrote: > > > I didn't say disappear XPS, just discourage it. People who approach > > AxKit for the first time shouldn't see XPS. It's an ASP solution and > > AxKit isn't an ASP system. > > Doc patches are *always* welcome. Here's a project for ya - take the > current quickstart and other docs, import them into the wiki, and start > changing them to use only XSLT. Then make sure XPathScript is better > documented by importing its docs into the wiki too. > > Can we end this thread now? None of the core developers support > "deprecating" anything here. > > > But you did say deprecate (which means it'll go away at some point) not > discourage. >
'Deprecate' means to express disapproval, which should be watermarked under every page that refers to XPathScript, unless someone decides to take charge of documenting it properly. As it stands, the existing docs are just meagre enough to lead newcomers into the ditch. It's no use for the core developers to take the righteous position that nothing will go away without commiting themselves to concomitant support. XPathScript may be fine for small or unimportant jobs as is, but for projects where your job is on the line -- BEWARE!. I've been developing mod_perl apps for the United Nations for nearly 4 years, developing with perl for 10, and have been a silent subscriber to the axkit list virtually since it's inception. Last October I made the decision to finally use AxKit on a 4-month high-profile operations reporting project. Having done so, I then had to choose between XSLT and XPathScript. I chose XPathScript for the exact reason Matt mentions - easier transition to XML processing. (Now, you can argue that I was a damned fool for taking a chance like that on a new tool, but I'm a consultant, and I never get to allocate time to "checking stuff out".) I rarely post questions to lists, preferring to grind through problems myself. Because of time pressure I have posted 3 or 4 questions since Novemeber. Of all the people on the list, only Matt ever stooped to respond (if only in the most minimal of fashions, and never to follow-up notes). This can be understood in a number of ways, some being: a. There's some other jackass out there that no one likes also named Bill McCabe b. The list is mostly Europeans, and I'm being shunned as an American because of the current International political situation c. you guys really aren't interested in XPathScript problems. I've chosen to believe 'c'. If that's correct then XPathScript should be deprecated until someone comes along who wants to support it. As for me, my deadline is Tuesday, and yes, my contract renewal is on the line. Ultimately two days ago I had to read through the AxKit code (which as an implementor I shouldn't have to), and have a theory as to why I was getting the strange behaviors. It may be by design or it may be a bug. Who knows, maybe after next week I'll have lots of time on my hands to figure it out. You should just put a banner on the AxKit home page: "Play around with XPathScript to get a feel for XML processing, then learn XSLT". Now you can blow me some eRasberries and I'll go away, Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
