<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Let's forget the merits of XML vs. JSON or how many people you think are actually using XML. Those points are actually irrelevant to the discussion.<div><br></div><div>Deprecating XML violates the API development principles established for OpenStack. It doesn't fit a single criterion for deprecation. Period.</div><div><br></div><div>So the question should not be "No one is writing XML for their API calls, so should we deprecate it?"</div><div><br></div><div>The question should be: "Why are we letting API calls into the code base without XML support?"</div><div><br></div><div>And: "Why are we letting code into the code base without proper test cases?"</div><div><br></div><div>Focus on those two questions.<br><div><br></div><div><div apple-content-edited="true">
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