Re: Bundling libxml2 default?
| From: | Derick Rethans | Date: | Fri, 16 May 2003 18:48:14 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Bundling libxml2 default? | ||
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On Fri, 16 May 2003, Adam Dickmeiss wrote:
> I still have not seen any good reason to bundle. You state at
> http://edwardbear.org/blog/ that libxml2 is bundled because
> expat
> is bundled. Is that the best argument?
>
> You want people to switch to a more "modern" interface. The
> new interface apparently breaks BC in multiple ways (that's
> not your fault, the tools are just different). How about unbundling
> expat and let people choose with configure what of those
> libs they want to use. That solution will both make configure
> for PHP easier to use _and_ save you from updating the bundled
> software (for security updates, for example).
I agree 100% (and if I'm not mistaken Sterling does too).
Derick
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