On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 07:58:26 -0700 "Justin Erenkrantz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 7/29/07, Davi Arnaut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi > > > > Can't we get rid of the builtin expat on trunk? Yesterday I had yet > > another problem linking python (python-xml) and a static build > > apr-util together on a pretty complex application. I know I should > > have linked apr-util with the system expat, but then what's the > > point of having one builtin? > > > > http://people.apache.org/~davi/apr-util-remove-expat.patch > > Because not everyone (hi Windows folks) has expat already installed. How many windows users compile from source? Anyone who does is a self-selecting techie. How hard can it be to list dependencies and where to get them? Yes of course binary packages with shiny installers should bundle dependencies, but that's not at all the same as bundling in a source tarball. +1 to Davi. -- Nick Kew Application Development with Apache - the Apache Modules Book http://www.apachetutor.org/
