Re: [Gramps-devel] Status of GEPS 023

[Brian M. <br...@gr...>]

Tim,

  
> As you can see here:
> http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=GEPS_023:_Storing_data_from_large_sources#Known_Issues
> all the remaining issues with the GEPS (except ImportProGen.py) have  
> now been fixed. Thanks to all the developers who helped.
> 
> I have also improved the Test Data Generator, and can recommend it as  
> a generator of random data with all sorts of fields and data objects  
> implemented.
> 
> Benny/Brian and other senior developers,
> 
> I have noted that src/gen/proxy/refernced.py, src/plugins/export/ 
> ExportFtree.py and src/plugins/import/ImportGrdb.py don't appear to be  
> used. Are these in fact redundant, and if so, should they be removed?
> 
> I have also noted that there are a number of test routines (e.g. src/ 
> lib/test/merge_test.py and src/Merge/merge_ref_test.py) which are not  
> updated because of Benny's comment 
> (http://gramps.1791082.n4.nabble.com/quot-We-can-always-use-more-developers-quot-td3760985.html#a3762016 
> 
> ). I expect that you might think that these should not be removed,  
> even if redundant, because someone might use them in the future as the  
> basis for some testing. Do you want to leave them or delete them?

I tend to be of the mindset that if some code is dead, it should be removed. This goes for files that are no longer used, or even functions that don't get called by anything. But it isn't a huge deal to me, and I know others have tended toward leaving unused files in the event that someone wants to resurrect them.

Let's do this:
* Send a list to the devel list of files that you have definitively proved to be unused.
* Give people 7 days to object
* Any files that meet no objection, you are free to delete after 7 days

Thanks for keeping Gramps tidy. I appreciate that.

~Brian