[OpenLayers-Dev] [OpenLayers-Trac] [OpenLayers] #753: Remove Canvas Layer from code

[Paul Spencer]

+1 to remove it.

On 12-Jun-07, at 7:38 AM, Christopher Schmidt wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 10:53:21AM -0000, OpenLayers wrote:
>> #753: Remove Canvas Layer from code
>> -------------------------- 
>> +-------------------------------------------------
>>  Reporter:  crschmidt     |       Owner:
>>      Type:  bug           |      Status:  new
>>  Priority:  major         |   Milestone:  2.5 Release
>> Component:  Layer.Canvas  |     Version:  2.4
>>  Keywords:                |
>> -------------------------- 
>> +-------------------------------------------------
>>  The canvas layer has not worked with anything other than Google  
>> since 2.2.
>>  Now that we have real vector support, toss it.
>
> I want to get rid of this. It's just confusing. Does anyone have any
> objections from a developer perspective? I really wish I hadn't  
> checked
> it in -- the code hasn't even worked for ages (since we set up the  
> whole
> 'fixed' layers thing).
>
> I'll canvas (hah!) users next to ask if anyone is using it, but given
> that it doesn't work, I'm doubtful.
>
> (I know this breaks API compatibility. However, removing a broken
> feature doesn't seem likely to actually bite anyone.)
>
> If there's strong enough pushback, I'll just punt it to 3.0.
>
> Regards,
> -- 
> Christopher Schmidt
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