On Thursday, November 3, 2011, Tom MacWright <t...@macwright.org> wrote: > Hi all, > I've been submitting a few patch requests to the GitHub repository for OpenLayers, and would like to start removing deprecated features and simplifying some APIs - possibly also rebuilding the build system. However, the current GitHub master is targeting a 2.12 and thus needs to keep API stability. I think that we're long overdue for an API-breaking branch so that legacy code can be removed - stuff like MouseToolbar, which has been deprecated for four years, and Google Gears, which Google itself discontinued last year. > This would basically constitute starting a v3 branch and starting to fill a changelog of things that are removed. Hopefully the ability to have a fresh start in some areas and a lighter complete library with more focus will also bring in some new contributor energy. > Tom MacWright
I'm +1 on starting a v3 branch, focusing on removing deprecated code, and improving APIs. fredj's "no-deprecated" branch [*] could be our starting point, if fredj agrees with that. [*] https://github.com/fredj/openlayers/tree/no-deprecated -- Eric Lemoine Camptocamp France SAS Savoie Technolac, BP 352 73377 Le Bourget du Lac, Cedex Tel : 00 33 4 79 44 44 96 Mail : eric.lemo...@camptocamp.com http://www.camptocamp.com
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