Re: bundling libxml2

Because, this will encourage people to do : --without-xml Instead of upgrading the system libxml2. -Sterling On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 13:04, Anil Madhavapeddy wrote: > On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 12:25:39PM -0400, Sterling Hughes wrote: > > > > 2) Libxml2 may be installed everywhere, but the version we rely upon > > isn't available everywhere. As witnessed by a message to the list by > > michael, and a problem that someone else had over IRC. Its fine to > > allow people to use external versions of libxml2, however, we need a > > recent version to operate. For example, schema support is pretty > > essential, as its becoming the new DTD format for XML (and is required > > for proper SOAP support). > > If you need a recent version, why not just require it as part of > the configure tests as usual? -- "The three most dangerous things in the world are a programmer with a soldering iron, a hardware type with a program patch and a user with an idea." - Unknown