On 08/24/2016 11:56 AM, Don Lewis wrote:
> On 24 Aug, Pedro Giffuni wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 08/24/16 10:34, Pedro Giffuni wrote:
>>> Hello;
>>>
>> ...
>>
>>>
>>>> * [low priority] Updated bundled CoinMP. There has been an API
>>>> change, which prevents the FreeBSD port from using the system
>>>> version. Difficulty unknown ...
>>>>
>>>
>>> This is important, I was unaware of it. Sadly, I don't think I will
>>> have time for it before the release.
>>>
>>
>> A quick look at this ... FreeBSD is using version 1.8.3 which appears
>> to be the latest.
>>
>> AOO could use the same version by default, it's just a matter of getting
>> the new version to build on all platforms. I think.
>
> Unfortunately it is not that easy. When I was cleaning up the the
> FreeBSD port a while back, I went through all of the --with-system knobs
> and CoinMP was one that did not work and broke the build. My memory is
> fuzzy, but I think there was an incompatible API change.
>
> There are some other bundled bits that have the same problem, but CoinMP
> is big and takes a while to build, which is my main motivation in this
> case. ICU also falls into this category, but I already know that it is
> too difficult.
>
> It looks like the others are:
> ucpp
> mdds
> hsqldb
> libxmlsec
> stax
> rhino
> xsltml
> saxon
> icc
> I do know that saxon is sort of funny case.
Right now we don't have a Mac buildbot. We shouldn't risk updating
anything that will cause other problems, unless, of course, it's a
security issue. Yes, many of the newer versions of our external items
would likely necessitate API changes. That is definitely a big issue.
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