Moving libxml2 and libxslt to external dependencies

2007-09-23 Thread Vincent Untz
Hi, After a quick discussion between Daniel and the release team, the idea of moving libxml2 and libxslt from the platform to external dependencies came up. The rationale behind the idea is that those two libraries are now more like "base OS" libraries than GNOME libraries: they're shipped on nea

Re: Moving libxml2 and libxslt to external dependencies

2007-09-25 Thread Hubert Figuiere
On Sun, 2007-09-23 at 14:15 +0200, Vincent Untz wrote: > FAICT, > the only other impact it could have on GNOME is for libxml++: should > it > stay in our bindings set or not? > > What do you all think of this proposal? > I can't speak for libxml++ maintainer, but given that libxml++ depends on

Re: Moving libxml2 and libxslt to external dependencies

2007-09-26 Thread Murray Cumming
On Tue, 2007-09-25 at 19:41 -0400, Hubert Figuiere wrote: > I can't speak for libxml++ maintainer, but given that libxml++ depends > on Glib::ustring, it should stay at most in the bindings.\ That's a strange logic. External dependencies should be allowed to use, for instance, glib. If libxml is

Re: Moving libxml2 and libxslt to external dependencies

2007-09-26 Thread Daniel Veillard
On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 10:24:57AM +0200, Murray Cumming wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-09-25 at 19:41 -0400, Hubert Figuiere wrote: > > I can't speak for libxml++ maintainer, but given that libxml++ depends > > on Glib::ustring, it should stay at most in the bindings.\ > > That's a strange logic. Exter

Re: Moving libxml2 and libxslt to external dependencies

2007-09-26 Thread Murray Cumming
On Wed, 2007-09-26 at 04:41 -0400, Daniel Veillard wrote: > On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 10:24:57AM +0200, Murray Cumming wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2007-09-25 at 19:41 -0400, Hubert Figuiere wrote: > > > I can't speak for libxml++ maintainer, but given that libxml++ depends > > > on Glib::ustring, it sho

Re: Moving libxml2 and libxslt to external dependencies

2007-09-26 Thread Daniel Veillard
On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 11:07:04AM +0200, Murray Cumming wrote: > > On Wed, 2007-09-26 at 04:41 -0400, Daniel Veillard wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 10:24:57AM +0200, Murray Cumming wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, 2007-09-25 at 19:41 -0400, Hubert Figuiere wrote: > > > > I can't speak for libxml+

Re: Moving libxml2 and libxslt to external dependencies

2007-09-28 Thread Felipe Contreras
On 9/23/07, Vincent Untz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > After a quick discussion between Daniel and the release team, the idea > of moving libxml2 and libxslt from the platform to external dependencies > came up. > > The rationale behind the idea is that those two libraries are now more > lik