Re: Information about usage of XProc 1?

Amanda Galtman <xspectacles+xproclist@slmail.me> writes:
> The XSpec repository contains XProc pipelines for running XSpec test suites. I'm wondering whether future versions of XSpec
> should continue supporting its XProc v1 pipelines, now that it has XProc v3 pipelines. Does anyone have data, anecdotal
> evidence, or opinions regarding the community's reliance on XProc 1?

Software never dies. I’m sure there are XProc 1.0 pipelines out there doing the job, living their best lives. But I can’t imagine being persuaded to work my 1.0 implementation again, nor have any bugs, issues, or questions about it crossed my radar in more than a year.

The 3.x language is just that much easier to use and has two, compatible implementations.

I’d vote to pull the 1.0 pipelines out of the XSpec repository.

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Norm Tovey-Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com>
https://norm.tovey-walsh.com/

Received on Thursday, 18 June 2026 13:27:48 UTC