Re: XML Security?

On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, Alexandru COSTIN wrote: > Hello, > > That's completely understandable. However, doing this forces us to > > either (a) bundle libxml2 and libxsl or (b) require libxml2 and libxsl > > to be installed on a machine in order to use PHP. > > Bundling libxml2 and libxsl more than doubles the size of the > > distribution, but since not all servers have libxsl... Well, you get > > the point. > The bundle process is indeed complex and you will probably not want to > include all the dependent libraries in PHP. > But you can *require* them by default (as the libxml-2.5.9 is required > by default, right?), to make Redhat and Suse and the rest deploy PHP > compiled the right way (with the right extensions) from the beginning. Sure... but why should we also require libxsl? We have enough dependencies already. We also had these discussions before, please stop here. Also, hwo many people are really using XSL anyway for their normal virtual hosted websites? regards, Derick -- "Interpreting what the GPL actually means is a job best left to those that read the future by examining animal entrails." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Derick Rethans http://derickrethans.nl/ International PHP Magazine http://php-mag.net/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------