Hi Folks, It's been almost two years since the release of Xerces-C++ 2.7.0. While there are preparations to release 3.0 soon, many existing applications won't be able to use 3.0 immediately because of the extensive API changes but would greatly benefit from a large number of bug fixes that have been committed to repository. I therefore have volunteered to be a release manager for 2.8.0.
Xerces-C++ is normally released with pre-compiled libraries for various platforms. For the 2.8.0 release the proposed list of platforms/compilers is as follows: 32 bit: Windows - MSVC 7.1 Windows - MSVC 8.0 GNU/Linux - g++ 3.4.x AIX 5.3 - xlC 7 Solaris 2.10 - Sun C++ 5.7 and g++ 3.4.x, both SPARC and x86 HP-UX 11.x - aCC A.03.x, PA-RISC HP-UX 11.x - aCC A.06.x, IA64 Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) - g++ 4.0, both PPC and x86 64 bit: Windows - MSVC 8.0 GNU/Linux - g++ 3.4.x AIX 5.3 - xlC 7 Solaris 2.10 - Sun C++ 5.7 and g++ 3.4.x, both SPARC and x86-64 HP-UX 11.x - aCC A.03.x, PA-RISC HP-UX 11.x - aCC A.06.x, IA64 If you think this list is missing a widely-used platform or compiler, feel free to suggest an addition. I would also like to ask the community about any unresolved issues that people feel are critical and need to be fixed before the release. I am planning to package and announce a release candidate some time next week. This way all interested parties will have a chance to make sure the upcoming release works well with their platforms/compilers and applications. Thanks, Boris -- Boris Kolpackov Code Synthesis Tools CC http://www.codesynthesis.com Open-Source, Cross-Platform C++ XML Data Binding
