MediaType::sortByQualityValue
is not used by Spring Framework itself, nor does it appear to be used by any Spring projects. Let's remove the method in 6.0 and deprecate it in 5.3.11.
Comment From: poutsma
The comparator used by MediaType::sortByQualityValue
is in fact still used by MediaType::sortBySpecificityAndQuality
. Closing as invalid.