[webkit-dev] Is the New XMLParser dead?

[Maciej Stachowiak]

On Aug 27, 2012, at 5:02 PM, Adam Barth <abarth at webkit.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Dirk Schulze <dschulze at adobe.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Ha! So the reason for removing the code is simplifying the HTML5 parser, just to undo the simplification once the original writer has the time to come back to it. Seems like well spend time :)
> 
> That depends on how likely it is that and when the original authors
> gets back to the work, hence Eric's question.  "Tentatively plan to
> get back to it" makes it sound like it will be a while.

It's not anyone's immediate current task, and I can't really make firm promises about future timelines. But we actually are seriously interested in finishing it.

Cheers,
Maciej