24.05.2019, 12:44, "Kai Köhne" <kai.koe...@qt.io>: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Development <development-boun...@qt-project.org> On Behalf Of >> Bernhard Lindner >> Subject: Re: [Development] Qt XML and Qt Xml Patterns >> >> > It's good that Bernhard has received an official statement. >> >> I agree! Thank you! > > Indeed, thanks for bringing this up here! We quite obviously should improve > the processes here. > >> > In general, I think the Qt Company could make a little more effort to >> > communicate such decisions, educate its user community, and attract >> > new potential maintainers. Actually, communication should start before >> > a problem results in a decision. Isn't that an important aspect of >> community >> building? > > No question about that. I can assure you though there was no ill-intend. > Let's try to do better in the future. > >> Agreed as well. >> >> Assuming that Qt Xml is deprecated as well (still not sure) this is the >> fourth >> time a deprecated component tears major holes in my applications. Regarding >> Qt Xml and Qt Xml Patterns it surprises me a lot since I consider them >> essential >> components. I will use the stream classes under no circumstances. This means >> in my book Qt does not support one of the most important techniques (XML) >> anymore. Hard to believe. > > I'm with you on Qt XML; Uploaded > https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/262779 for improving > the documentation. > > But maybe some approver wants to step up and become the official maintainer > of Qt XML? > > For Qt XML Patterns, the situation is IMO a bit different. The module has > some architectural problems, and there are good alternatives out there (check > out e.g. https://xml.apache.org/xalan-c/ for XSLT). So I think it's more > honest > to our users to mark it deprecated, than to assume it's in a good state and > should > be used for new projects.
Do you have any recommendation for standalone xquery processor to replace xmlpatterns? -- Regards, Konstantin _______________________________________________ Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org https://lists.qt-project.org/listinfo/development
