As discussed in the appertaining comments at <https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/176645/3#message-1209b271ac4a330311eb90b2d6c16bbff57842ef>, 836d73a65180d89a077e36457f1f3aa1698c2058 "consider VndSunStarExpand an exotic protocol" may have been a bit brittle: "[vnd.sun.star.expand] originated from the UNO configuration infrastructure, but indeed hard to tell if it then found reasonable uses outside that area. I guess the best we can do is get it in, maybe mention it in the release notes, and see." Turns out it is used at least to handle %origin% in extensions, where that change caused <https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=165851> "Installing custom default template via extension stopped working". So to be better prepared to track down potential further breakage caused by that change, note cases where it (legitimately or problematically) hits with a SAL_INFO. Change-Id: If742f4f0b0f223e5acf346d294567ccc09eaf49b Reviewed-on: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/183659 Tested-by: Jenkins Reviewed-by: Stephan Bergmann <stephan.bergmann@allotropia.de>
Old Tools (Deprecated)
Predates sal - string functions, url manipulation, stream stuff, polygons, etc.
Exact history is lost before Sept. 18th, 2000, but old source code comments show that part of the tools library dates back until at least April 1991.
This directory will be removed in the near future (see tdf#39445 or tdf#63154).