[Opensim-dev] Legacy region XML support - Remove?

[Melanie]

Yes

- Melanie

On 12/04/2014 14:27, David Saunders wrote:
> Hey
>     I Just dug though my web based region file, and its base on a single
> line XML format  <region name= location_x= ... />
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>     Would this be needed to updated with this proposal?
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> On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 1:36 AM, Michael Emory Cerquoni <
> nebadon2025 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> +1 the only grid I know that probably was using it was Reaction Grid, and
>> they are no longer open so I also doubt anyone else is using it at this
>> point either.
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>> On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 3:14 AM, Justin Clark-Casey <
>> jjustincc at googlemail.com> wrote:
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>>> I don't see any problem with removing this - it's an extremely old format
>>> that I'd be surprised if anybody still uses.
>>>
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>>> On 11/04/14 02:03, Melanie wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> the RegionInfo class supports an ancient form of XML, one that is
>>>> based on attributes rather than tags.
>>>>
>>>> At this point, we believe no one uses this format anymore. Further,
>>>> NINI offers another form of XML that is much more up to date and a
>>>> better replacement for the ancient XML in any case.
>>>>
>>>> The affected installations would be those that use pre-0.6
>>>> configuration files (regions.xml) or use web loading.
>>>>
>>>> The old config files would need to be redone by hand in .ini format,
>>>> and people who web-load would need to change the server scripts to
>>>> provide the same data in the new format, which is not too hard a task.
>>>>
>>>> I propose to remove the support for the legacy format, which has
>>>> last been updated in 2007 and has been unused for two major revisions.
>>>>
>>>> Thoughts are welcome.
>>>>
>>>> Melanie
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