[Spec] drop AndExpand layout option about maui HOT 5 CLOSED

Is it not better to use a weight system?

So if I have a stack with 3 items, and each has a VerticalOptions of Fill, then each gets the current height.

If I set them all to be Weight=1, then it overrides the space because it will do a RemainingHeight/3 and then set that to be the height. Even if the first item say requires 90% of the space?

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In general, if we are to introduce breaking changes on xaml like this, shouldn't we take the opportunity with moving to a "new" product and just streamline XAML?

I know, I know, this is sooo much XamlStandard, but here is an opportunity to take. We could also implement the XF-Xaml flavor as aliases with setting those to Obsolete to make the migration easy for net6 and then drop them with net7.

This is just a thought and I am not sure how everyone is thinking about it, but I think it is the right time to do it.

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@mattleibow Is't that what you describe basically grid ? Grid already supports proportional sizing.
Grid = absolute/proportional/auto sizing
Stack =auto sizing.

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I was just coming from the Android world. They have stacks with weight and it is pretty cool. However, since stacks are just limited grids, why remove features? Maybe from the sense of simpler calculations - no need to calculate the sizes of all children before laying out?

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Take a look to the discussion here: #3324

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