[Pharo-project] Do we need the URI Package?
Hi, There are three packages concerned with URLs: -> ZnUrl in Zinc -> Network-URI -> Network-Url URI was a package from Impara that was used extensively in all Impara products and Sophie... back than, the idea was to integrate Impara infrastructure in Squeak, but that did not happen due to politics... Network-URI seems to be used nowhere in the system, so I guess we can remove it? Or is anyone using it? Marcus -- Marcus Denker -- http://marcusdenker.de
marcus may be we could rescue some of the comments I wrote on URL/URI because I took me energy to do that and we could paste them in Zinc one. On Dec 11, 2011, at 11:38 AM, Marcus Denker wrote:
Hi,
There are three packages concerned with URLs:
-> ZnUrl in Zinc -> Network-URI -> Network-Url
URI was a package from Impara that was used extensively in all Impara products and Sophie... back than, the idea was to integrate Impara infrastructure in Squeak, but that did not happen due to politics...
Network-URI seems to be used nowhere in the system, so I guess we can remove it? Or is anyone using it?
Marcus
-- Marcus Denker -- http://marcusdenker.de
On 11 Dec 2011, at 11:38, Marcus Denker wrote:
Hi,
There are three packages concerned with URLs:
-> ZnUrl in Zinc -> Network-URI -> Network-Url
URI was a package from Impara that was used extensively in all Impara products and Sophie... back than, the idea was to integrate Impara infrastructure in Squeak, but that did not happen due to politics...
Network-URI seems to be used nowhere in the system, so I guess we can remove it? Or is anyone using it?
ZnUrl started as a copy of Seaside's WAUrl. From the class comment: I am ZnUrl, an implementation of an interpreted HTTP(S) URL/URI. Contrary to other implementations, this one is specific for HTTP(S). In other words, it might not be general enough, although I think it is better in its domain. Covering all possible URI/URL types over all kinds of applications is not simple. Yes, we need to simplify this, but it is a lot of work. Maybe we could have a look at what other libraries do. Sven
On 11 December 2011 16:51, Sven Van Caekenberghe <sven@beta9.be> wrote:
On 11 Dec 2011, at 11:38, Marcus Denker wrote:
Hi,
There are three packages concerned with URLs:
   -> ZnUrl in Zinc    -> Network-URI    -> Network-Url
URI was a package from Impara that was used extensively in all Impara products and Sophie... back than, the idea was to integrate Impara infrastructure in Squeak, but that did not happen due to politics...
Network-URI seems to be used nowhere in the system, so I guess we can remove it? Or is anyone using it?
ZnUrl started as a copy of Seaside's WAUrl. From the class comment:
 I am ZnUrl, an implementation of an interpreted HTTP(S) URL/URI.  Contrary to other implementations, this one is specific for HTTP(S).
In other words, it might not be general enough, although I think it is better in its domain. Covering all possible URI/URL types over all kinds of applications is not simple.
Indeed - Squeak's Network-URI supports things like mailto: schemes, and there's a registration mechanism for arbitrary URIs (like SIP URIs). I can't imagine that Pharo's Network-URI has diverged very far from Squeak's? frank
Yes, we need to simplify this, but it is a lot of work. Maybe we could have a look at what other libraries do.
Sven
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Sven Van Caekenberghe