Hi, Folks.
I'd like to request that support be added for more current versions
of the platforms that Xerces-C provides.
For example, Solaris has more market share in the UNIX marketplace
than any other UNIX vendor. Yet the supported Solaris platform is
for a version of the OS that has been unsupported by SUN for well
over a year, and is two revisions behind the currently shipping
version of Solaris 8. Solaris 9 is in the wings, and although a
shipping date has not been announced, bug reports from beta
testers are common on Sun's support site. When Solaris 9 ships,
Xerces will then be available for a version three generations behind
the current one.
Also, the C/C++ 4.2 compilers have not been shipped for some years,
and are not available from SUN. The alternative of course is the gcc
compilers. But they have not been optimized for the Ultra-Sparc chips
that are currently being shipped, and most serious development folks
stick with the commercial compilers, because of the readily available
support.
To address these issues, it would be great if the team could add
support for the 'current' shipping configuration on each major platform.
For Sun, this would be Solaris 8 for Sparc/X86, and the Forte 6
compilers from SUN. This single addition would be the platform most
developers would be likely to use on SUN UNIX.
HPUX is also in the same fix. The supported compiler hasn't been available
for some years, and at least three releases of the compiler have been
made since the supported version was released.
In general, this applies to other platforms too. I do like the support
for the older tools, because there are people who have purchased their
development systems some time ago, and the software works well with
these platforms. But what about folks who are upgrading to new hardware,
or are just new entries in the marketplace? If they need to build for
their hardware, there is no tested version of the code available.
I think the best of all worlds would be to continue with the current
supported combinations, but to add the most current OS/Compiler
combination for each major platform. The additions of these new tools
will also force some code cleanup, as the newer compilers are more
strict in some ways. Certainly some of the newer compilers are more
compliant with the standards, which is a 'good thing'.
Regards,
--Carl
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