On Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 08:04:02PM +1000, Peter Donald wrote: > Hi, > > I just had a look at Cocoons Catalog manager code and noticed it used Suns > code. Considering the original code is in the public domain and Suns is under > a less than desirable license I was wondering what advantage Suns code had? > Would there be any advantage of using arbortexts PDed code directly? I was > thinking of adding it into Excalibur CVS and integrating it with some of our > stuff. Anyone care to enlighten me why this may be a bad idea? ;)
I found a few minor bugs with the arbortext code (eg debug flags not getting propagated), and one major bug (DOCTYPE doesn't work), which I mailed Norm Walsh about. He said DOCTYPE would never work under XML due to namespace issues, and mentioned that the Sun version had been "substantially modified", whatever that means. Anyway, I think it would be excellent to get *some* version of that catalog code in under Jakarta, because it's darn useful stuff, and it doesn't have a home. People all over the world are poking around in that code, discovering the same bugs and limitations, and fixing them individually. I've put an Ant-buildable version of the arbortext code at: http://newgate.socialchange.net.au/~jeff/misc/catalog.tar.gz --Jeff Btw, for those who are wondering what the fuss is about, read: http://www.arbortext.com/Think_Tank/XML_Resources/Issue_Three/issue_three.html > -- > Cheers, > > Pete --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
