Re: RFC: testing php8.4 against libxml-rs (memory-safe libxml2) - Debian ITP #1146060

Hi Riaan, On Sat, 29 Aug 2026 at 16:46, Riaan de Beer <rdebeer.infinityabundance@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > libxml2 is unmaintained since Dec 2025. I built libxml-rs - native-Rust > reimplementation, C ABI compatible: > > https://github.com/infinityabundance/libxml-rs > Debian ITP: https://bugs.debian.org/1146060 > > Phase 10 done: xmllint + xmlcatalog byte-identical to libxml2 2.15.3 / > libxslt 1.1.47, 1110 tests, xsltproc corpus identical. > > Would you be open to a test build? > > LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/libxml-rs/target/debug \ > php -m | grep -E 'dom|xml|xsl' > > Or: https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/discussions/3677 > same ask for Nokogiri/lxml. > > Targeting experimental as alternative provider, not default. > > Best, > Riaan > https://github.com/infinityabundance Not only, it is still active as mentioned but also one of the maintainers actively helps us out too here and there. Cheers.