[dev] Proposal: Deprecating XML_SVG and Image_svg

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von Chuck Hagenbuch <chuck at horde.org>:

> Hello community,
>
> I do not feel like I am maintaining the XML_SVG package in a useful  
> way, or that it is really the way I'd like to build SVG graphics  
> anyway were I to want a class to do that. Therefore I'd like to  
> deprecate that package, and the Image_svg driver that uses it, in  
> Horde. XML_SVG will be offered to PEAR for a new maintainer and to  
> be imported into PEAR CVS if desired.
>
> I'd be open to alternate SVG generation methods directly in Horde's  
> Image package if people want it; I think that things like dojo.chart  
> or dojo.2d might be the real way to go here though. Again, I'm  
> looking to reduce the number of things in Horde that we aren't good  
> at, that aren't our core focus. Drawing graphics isn't one of those  
> things.

Since maintaining XML_SVG is a no-brainer because there are no bug  
reports or requests at all, while people still are using, I think we  
could keep it in Horde as well. It doesn't distract any focus from  
other development.

Jan.

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