Re: Remove Marpa::XS, Marpa::HTML and Marpa::PP from CPAN

@Helmut: thanks, a very good point. I've emailed both of these authors. On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 2:10 AM, Helmut Wollmersdorfer < helmut.wollmersdor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Am Mittwoch, 5. November 2014 18:35:00 UTC+1 schrieb Jeffrey Kegler: >> >> Adding deprecatory information to the modules i

Re: Remove Marpa::XS, Marpa::HTML and Marpa::PP from CPAN

Am Mittwoch, 5. November 2014 18:35:00 UTC+1 schrieb Jeffrey Kegler: > > Adding deprecatory information to the modules is something I won't do, > because it means a new release and the CPAN infrastructure tends to push > users into automatic upgrades. This means that the legacy users, who are

Re: Remove Marpa::XS, Marpa::HTML and Marpa::PP from CPAN

They will disappear from CPAN totally, and eventually from all mirrors and searches. One very nice feature of CPAN is that there is a backpan mirror and *nothing* is ever deleted from it. Which means those who really need the old versions, with a bit of effort, will be a

Re: Remove Marpa::XS, Marpa::HTML and Marpa::PP from CPAN

It doesn't have to be a deprecation warning. But it would be nice to point *new users* directly to Marpa::R2. Otherwise, new users learn the old stuff and then have to redo everything to learn the new stuff. That's frustrating. Or will the modules simply not be visible on CPAN anymore (hit searc

Re: Remove Marpa::XS, Marpa::HTML and Marpa::PP from CPAN

Adding deprecatory information to the modules is something I won't do, because it means a new release and the CPAN infrastructure tends to push users into automatic upgrades. This means that the legacy users, who are the only reason for the modules to be out there at all, would undergo the the ris

Re: Remove Marpa::XS, Marpa::HTML and Marpa::PP from CPAN

You could start by adding a short information to the Marpa::* modules that you recommend to use Marpa::R2. I just recently started using Marpa::R2 and it was only coincidence that I started with the new one. Am Montag, 3. November 2014 18:51:43 UTC+1 schrieb Jeffrey Kegler: > > I'm thinking of

Re: Remove Marpa::XS, Marpa::HTML and Marpa::PP from CPAN

Yep, might as well bite the bullet. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "marpa parser" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to marpa-parser+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://gr

Remove Marpa::XS, Marpa::HTML and Marpa::PP from CPAN

I'm thinking of removing Marpa::XS, Marpa::HTML and Marpa::PP from CPAN. New users should not be using them, or even looking at them. Legacy users would still be able to get copies from backPAN. Marpa::XS, in particular, would be very hard to work on, because it requires Glib and uses a comp