RE: [PHP-DEV] libxml bundling
| From: | James Cox | Date: | Tue, 06 May 2003 22:25:40 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP-DEV] libxml bundling | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.internals |
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> You have just added 3.5 MB of source into the PHP code tree despite your
> assurances that libxml was only "slightly" bigger than expat which takes
> up "only" 432 KB.
>
> This is IMHO completely unnecessary as libxml comes preinstalled as a
> shared library on most modern Unix systems and because it adds bloat to
> PHP distribution.
>
> In my opinion this bloat should be removed.
No kidding. Sterling, what is wrong with linking to libxml that's more than
likely going to be present, or if it's not found simply downloading and
compiling libxml from a designated site?
-- james