Issue #21258 has been updated by soutaro (Soutaro Matsumoto). I like the idea of deprecating `CGI` and moving the `escape`/`unescape` methods! JavaScript calls the features `"hello".encode_uri_component`, so can we call it `String#encode_uri_component`? (I don't think this is the way we should go, but I believe it's better than `CGI.escape`.) The straightforward name would be `URI.escape`, but I understand that it's difficult for historical reason. ---------------------------------------- Feature #21258: Retire CGI library from Ruby 3.5 https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/21258#change-112654 * Author: hsbt (Hiroshi SHIBATA) * Status: Open ---------------------------------------- I would like to retire CGI library from Ruby 3.5.0 release. It means CGI is not promoted bundled gems. The users need to run `gem install cgi` after Ruby 3.5 if they want to use CGI library. ## Background I handled two CVEs related CGI library at https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2025/02/26/security-advisories/ We shouldn't spend our time to maintain CGI library in the future because CGI is old protocol. In fact, Perl 5.22.0 removed CGI.pm at 2015, Python 3.13 also removed cgi at Nov 2024. ## Problem CGI is not using widely today. But `cgi/escape` is core feature in Ruby ecosystem. `erb`, `net-http` and `bundler` depend `CGI.escape`/`CGI.unescape`. And `CGI.escapeHTML`, `CGI.escapeURIComponent` are used at that libraries. ## Solution 1. We keep only `cgi/escape` feature in Ruby. The current CGI library is removed and depend `cgi-escape` gem. 2. We migrate `cgi/escape` to other class/module. The current CGI library and `cgi/escape` are removed. The new class/module location is diffcult. I discussed that with some Ruby core member. * `URI.escape/unescape`: `URI.escape` is migrated to `URI::RFC2396_PARSER.escape` at Ruby 3.4. The new `URI.escape` is confusing name with historical reason. * `URI::Util.escape`: It seems okay...? I think URI or related name are good place for that because other language provide that under the url libraries: Python: ``` import urllib.parse urllib.parse.quote() ``` Java: ``` import java.net.URLEncoder; URLEncoder.encode() ``` Go: ``` import "net/url" url.QueryEscape() ``` ## Migration plan If Idea 2 is accepted and decide new location, We provide dummy module and method for `cgi/escape`. That dummy module call new method and warn about deprecating `cgi/escape`. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/