Re: deprecating xml-rpc and package.xml 1.0

Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote: > Arnaud Limbourg wrote: >> Martin Jansen wrote: >>> On Wed Oct 18, 2006 at 08:5223PM -0500, Gregory Beaver wrote: >>>> As you can see from the stats page I've put up at >>>> http://pear.php.net/~greg/stats/ >>>> we no longer have any significant usage of PEAR 1.3 to download >>>> packages. This is a good sign of the adoption rate of PEAR 1.4.x, >>>> and I >>>> think it is time to deprecate package.xml 1.0 and specifically the >>>> xml-rpc server. Deprecation does *not* mean disabling. It means >>>> putting out a big warning that 1 year from now we will turn off the >>>> server, and notify as many sources as possible. >>> Did you read my mind? I was about to propose the same, but with 6 >>> months time to handle instead of a year. The latter is fine for me >>> though. >>> >>>> In particular, we need >>>> to talk to Zend and figure out their who's who app. >>> I think Steph Fox is our contact with regard to this. If needed, I can >>> talk to her. >>> >>>> Comments? >>> This is an important change. Let's go for it. >> >> >> Sounds reasonnable. > > In this context should someone devise a package v1 to v2 migration plan? It is a good idea. I believe PFM would come into play ? Arnaud.