Re: Stricter requirements for libxml

On 14/05/2024 11:36, Derick Rethans wrote: > On Fri, 10 May 2024, Niels Dossche wrote: > >> Hi internals >> >> Libxml is used as the underlying library for many PHP extensions. >> Interestingly, libxml can be built with supports for various features disabled. >> E.g. you can build libxml without XPath, Schemas, HTML, ... support. >> In that case, these features are unavailable in PHP. E.g. some classes may not be defined >> or functions may emit a warning instead of performing an action. >> >> I'm thinking of proposing an RFC that puts stricter requirements on libxml at build >> time. >> That would make such features a requirement during PHP's build process. >> This will simplify maintenance and will also make sure that users can rely on these >> functionalities to always be available. >> >> Please let me know what you think. > > That seems sensible. Did you find any Linux distribution that actively > disables these features, or is this a "just in case" kind of change? > > cheers, > Derick I am not aware of a distro that disables these features. This is a "just in case" thing. The fact that I didn't find one is also a motivation to make this change: why should we make the code more complicated to support a configuration that doesn't seem to be used? :) Kind regards Niels