<br><br>On Thursday, November 3, 2011, Tom MacWright <<a href="mailto:tom@macwright.org">tom@macwright.org</a>> wrote:<br>> Hi all,<br>> I've been submitting a few patch requests to the GitHub repository for OpenLayers, and would like to start removing deprecated features and simplifying some APIs - possibly also rebuilding the build system. However, the current GitHub master is targeting a 2.12 and thus needs to keep API stability. I think that we're long overdue for an API-breaking branch so that legacy code can be removed - stuff like MouseToolbar, which has been deprecated for four years, and Google Gears, which Google itself discontinued last year.<br>
> This would basically constitute starting a v3 branch and starting to fill a changelog of things that are removed. Hopefully the ability to have a fresh start in some areas and a lighter complete library with more focus will also bring in some new contributor energy.<br>
> Tom MacWright<br><br>I'm +1 on starting a v3 branch, focusing on removing deprecated code, and improving APIs. fredj's "no-deprecated" branch [*] could be our starting point, if fredj agrees with that.<br>
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