> On Jan 22, 2015, at 7:11 AM, Leif Hedstrom <zw...@apache.org> wrote: > > >> On Jan 22, 2015, at 7:08 AM, Susan Hinrichs >> <shinr...@network-geographics.com> wrote: >> >> >> On 1/19/2015 10:17 AM, Susan Hinrichs wrote: >>> >>> On 1/17/2015 11:48 AM, James Peach wrote: >>>>> On Jan 16, 2015, at 6:05 PM, Susan Hinrichs >>>>> <shinr...@network-geographics.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Noticed this while tracking down redirect asserts. It is only used in >>>>> experimental.h. Not sure what the function is trying to achieve. >>>>> >>>>> Any distress about cleaning it out of InkAPI.cc? >>>>> >>>>> TSReturnCode TSHttpTxnRedirectRequest(TSHttpTxn txnp, TSMBuffer bufp, >>>>> TSMLoc url_loc) >>>> Alan said that there were people using this. I think we need to do the >>>> full deprecation process. >>>> >>>> http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.trafficserver.devel/2528 >>> >>> Looking at the previous stream, Alan was noting that people are using >>> TSRedirectUrlSet not TSHttpTxnRedirectRequest. Since >>> TSHttpTxnRedirectRequest is only experimental.h does it need the full >>> deprecation process? If so, I suggest that we get that into play. >>> >> Any more thoughts here? Do we need to do a full deprecation for an >> experimental API? If so, does anyone have problems with starting that >> process? >> >> > > > Technically, if it’s in experimental, it’s not stable. Now, we have managed > the “experimental” status poorly in the past, so if someone is actually using > this API, and is unable to migrate to the other APIs, the discussion should > be made. We have a similar issue with the second cache SM / lookup API, which > is in experimental, and I would really like to remove. But alas, we have a > plugin in the core that uses it. > > I’m ok with removing this API from experimental unless someone voices a > strong opinion that they need it, and/or need it to go through deprecation > process. > > — leif >
+1 - I agree that experimental API and plugins can be remove between minor releases. If something that is stable depends on them they should be promoted to stable. -Bryan
