Committers, I'd like to have your opinion about adding XML:DB stuff ad a default component to the HEAD version of Cocoon. Given that there's been a lot of talk about this API lately, and given also that Xindice is going to come up shortly as an Apache project, I start to think that having the XML:DB components compiled in by default will add visibility to this newcomer in the Apache XML arena and let people play with it, possibly contributing code. This would also avoid the risk of having sources out of sync with the Cocoon development since the sources would be monitored daily by the automatic build process.
Adding the XML:DB stuff would mean adding the xmldb.jar to the lib directory: since the archive sums up to only 9K I don't see this as an issue. Of course one would still need a concrete implementation (such as dbXML/Xindice, eXist or Ozone) to make it work (as with JDBC) but at least the components would be there to play with. Let me know your opinion: here is my +1. Another issue, given that we would have a pseudo-protocol to work with, is about removing the XML:DB Generators from the code base: an XML:DB database can be queried as of now via a generic FileGenerator, so there is no need for them anymore as separate components. I don't know actually if there is anyone using those Generators, but if this has to be done I think that it should be done now. Ciao, -- Gianugo Rabellino --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
