Is FWCore/GuiBrowser really needed?

[fabiocos]

Looking at python scripts not directly probed by the PY3 build, I see we have the package FWCore/GuiBrowsers which looks abandoned since the time of the migration to git,
apart for some basic maintenance. In any case the scripts of this package are not functional at present, and depend on Qt.

@smuzaffar @Dr15Jones before spending further time in view of a python3 migration, is it really needed, and does it make sense to invest work on it, as it seems it does not work since a while and nobody is complaining about it?

[cmsbuild]

A new Issue was created by @fabiocos Fabio Cossutti.

@davidlange6, @Dr15Jones, @smuzaffar, @fabiocos, @kpedro88 can you please review it and eventually sign/assign? Thanks.

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[fabiocos]

assign core

[cmsbuild]

New categories assigned: core

@Dr15Jones,@smuzaffar you have been requested to review this Pull request/Issue and eventually sign? Thanks

[Dr15Jones]

@fabiocos this was something 'gifted' to the Core group and we've never had the expertise to maintain it. I'm all for removing it.

[fabiocos]

@Dr15Jones @smuzaffar actually, contrary to what I was believing, the tools in this package were function until CMSSW_11_0_0_pre2, and broke in the move top pre3. I suspect #27191 could play a role, I am making a test just to cross check. Whether we want to keep support and the corresponding dependency is another story.

[fabiocos]

I confirm that #27191 has broken the Gui tools

[smuzaffar]

@fabiocos , we have dropped QT from GCC9 and CentOS8 builds. I would recoomand to drop this.

[fabiocos]

removed in #28584