[developers] [pet] PET code / modules to delete because unsupported or unused

[Bernd Kiefer]

Well, there have been no negative responses about the NG branch so far,
i think that means it works for everybody :)

That's why i think you should merge it with NG, and we should proceed
by making NG the new trunk.

Best,
	Bernd

On 02.11.2011 12:03, Rebecca Dridan wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a fully functional version of the tagger interface ready to
> release, to replace the initial version currently in the trunk. Is the
> NG branch the right place to roll out new features at the moment, or is
> the preference to make short-term branches from NG?
>
> Rebecca
>
>
> On 09/08/2011 06:05 PM, Bernd Kiefer wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> one more step towards a leaner and cleaner PET has been done: the list
>> of obsolete or deprecated modules has been removed, and the whole ECL
>> support with it. If there's still problems with MRS creation, i'm sure
>> Yi will happily jump in to resolve them. For the PIC users, moving to
>> FSC should be easy, the functionality is the same, rather better.
>>
>> Now please can everybody check that what's in the NG branch now works
>> as expected, then we could proceed to the next steps.
>>
>> Best,
>> Bernd
>>
>> On 28.08.2011 16:20, Stephan Oepen wrote:
>>> hi bernd,
>>>
>>> i had a go at cleaning up in the YY parts of the PET code this weekend.
>>> to decouple our 'spring cleaning' from ongoing development, i created a
>>> branch for this: 'ng' (next generation); see:
>>>
>>> http://pet.opendfki.de/changeset/820/
>>>
>>> purging ten or so years of accumulated 'clutter' is kind of fun. if you
>>> wanted me to, i could have a go at the various ECL interfaces next?
>>> or maybe you would rather purge everything that remains from your
>>> list in one fell swoop?
>>>
>>> i have tested my recent commits to the NG branch only superficially.
>>> i am assuming once we are down to only code that we want to keep,
>>> we will have a more careful round of testing, including the various
>>> build configurations that remain supported. speaking of which, i am
>>> in favour of making ICU an obligatory element, i.e. no longer try and
>>> support a non-UniCode version of PET.
>>>
>>> best, oe
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 01:01, Bernd Kiefer<kiefer at dfki.de> wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> in the process of PET code cleaning, i've collected a list of code/
>>>> functionalities that seem to be currently unused or unsupported.
>>>>
>>>> To make the whole code base more maintainable, i'd like to delete
>>>> these. Since we've all the SVN history, the code is not lost, and
>>>> anybody that has the impression she/he would like to revive it is
>>>> happily invited to bring it back in again.
>>>>
>>>> So here's my list, and if you feel that there's something on it that
>>>> absolutely has to remain in, please tell me:
>>>>
>>>> - ECL support
>>>> - extdict
>>>> - psql*
>>>> - print-chic
>>>> - vcg-print.h
>>>> - fs_mods
>>>> - smaf-tokenizer
>>>> - pic-*
>>>> - position-mapper.h (yy?)
>>>>
>>>> borland directory
>>>> fspp directory
>>>> goofy directory
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Bernd
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>

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