std.xml should just go

[Jonathan M Davis]

On Thursday 03 February 2011 02:01:35 Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> On 2011-02-03 00:33, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> > For a while we've espoused the strategy of keeping std.xml in Phobos
> > until something better comes along.
> > 
> > But recently we've started to rethink that.
> > 
> > Pretty much everyone who tries std.xml ends up disappointed. Anyone who
> > wants to bash D has std.xml as an easy pick. Anyone who looks at speed
> > comparisons sees std.xml there like a sore thumb. Finally, the mere
> > existence of a package, no matter how inadequate, stifles the initiative
> > of others working on it.
> > 
> > This all makes std.xml a net liability. It's not better than nothing;
> > it's worse than nothing.
> > 
> > Should we nuke it?
> > 
> > 
> > Andrei
> 
> Yes, hasn't this been done already ?

I don't think that anything has been removed from Phobos yet which didn't have a 
replacement ready.

- Jonathan M Davis