On Sat, Nov 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM optimi zix <[email protected]> wrote:

> Well technically XPath is an autonous language and is a strong basis of
> XSLT
> (1) It would help to clarify XPath status
>

That's fair! To clarify, we are absolutely *not* removing
`document.evaluate()` or XPath generally.


> (2) it would be helpful to know if there is way to reactivate those API if
> we solve the security issues (via rust implementation ?)
>

By "those APIs" I assume you mean XSLT. If so, unfortunately that's not our
current plan, no.

Thanks,
Mason


> Le vendredi 31 octobre 2025 à 22:11:15 UTC+1, Mason Freed a écrit :
>
>> On Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM PhistucK <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Just to verify, this will not remove document.evaluate which depends on
>>> XPath - right? It is the only way to natively find an element by text and
>>> other advanced combinations as far as I know.
>>>
>>
>> Yep, great question. We are absolutely *not* removing
>> `document.evaluate()` or XPath generally. That's part of XML, not XSLT.
>> (Side note, there are other native methods such as NodeIterator /
>> TreeWalker, but those obviously don't offer such a compact way to search
>> for text content.)
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mason
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> ☆*PhistucK*
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM Mason Freed <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thank you all, I appreciate it. I'll be back in a few months with an
>>>> update on the pre-stable experiment, plus any other feedback I've received.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Mason
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 9:48 AM Mike Taylor <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> LGTM3
>>>>> On 10/29/25 11:42 a.m., Chris Harrelson wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> LGTM2 for the steps Vlad mentioned.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 8:38 AM Vladimir Levin <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hey, we discussed this at API owners today.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Generally, we're supportive of removing XSLT. As for the plan, I
>>>>>> think it would be best if we disable this in Canary as soon as possible
>>>>>> (via Finch) to find real breakages that we may be missing. Further,
>>>>>> disabling in Beta and Dev shortly after to get more data is also good.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> LGTM1 for the plan with the above changes. We would like you to check
>>>>>> in with results of Canary / Dev / Beta and warning steps in 3 months to 
>>>>>> see
>>>>>> how we proceed further.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Vlad
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Monday, October 27, 2025 at 9:37:51 AM UTC-4 j.j. wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> see also
>>>>>>> https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/1287
>>>>>>>
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