Re: bundling libxml2 / bundling locations

> On Fri, 31 May 2002, Zeev Suraski wrote: > > > >As Rasmus stated earlier the reason the MySQL stuff is bundled is due to > > >an assurance from the MySQL developers to keep it updated. > > > > I don't think such an assurance existed to begin with, and whether it > > existed or not, it definitely wasn't the case in the beginning, and I'm not > > sure how well it's going now. We bundled it not because of any assurance, > > but because we decided it was important, and we were fed off the "Call to > > undefined function" calls on php-general. > > I'm basing my stance on a post made earlier in this discussion by Rasmus. > I really wasn't around during that decision process, so I can't comment on > it further. Well, I guess perhaps "Assurance" was not the right word, but the decision to bundle it came after a face to face meeting with the main MySQL folks who at that time agreed to maintain it. In this case the libxml2 developers appear to think it is a bad idea for us to bundle it and I would like to understand a bit more why they have this opinion. I really don't like bundling something against the wishes of the authors. -Rasmus