[webkit-gtk] Deciding the deprecation path for WebKit1

Carlos Garcia Campos cgarcia at igalia.com
Wed Mar 19 11:34:29 PDT 2014


El mié, 19-03-2014 a las 07:48 -0700, Martin Robinson escribió:
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 2:17 AM, Carlos Garcia Campos
> <cgarcia at igalia.com> wrote:
> > My main concern is that maintaining WebKit1 in a different branch is
> > more work in the end. I'm fine if we disable wk1 by default in trunk and
> > switch all bots to use wk2 only. But once we remove the code from trunk,
> > we won't maintain it anymore, people using wk1 should keep using older
> > WebKitGTK+ versions.
> 
> I should also say I'm opposed to turning off all the bots without
> actually removing the code. That means all developers have to make
> changes "in the dark" or someone will be responsible for fixing all
> the issues before release. Making the branch allows us to extend the
> life of WebKit 1 without bothering the rest of the WebKit community.

Let's remove the code then. As I said people wanting to stay with
WebKit1 can use the latest release including WebKit1.

> --Martin
> 

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Carlos Garcia Campos
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