> -----Original Message----- > From: Nick Kew [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Freitag, 14. Oktober 2011 10:45 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: mod_proxy_html > > On 14 Oct 2011, at 07:55, jean-frederic clere wrote: > > > I think I prefer it in 2.4 than in a separate module. > > OK, there seem to be a few folks saying that. > > If we include it in 2.4 then we're making libxml2 a dependency.
I don't think that this is a real issue. As said we need to check this dependency and prevent building it if the dependency is not there. I guess things like lua are even more special as libxml2 and mod_lua is included in httpd as well. > That's of concern primarily to packagers, but it's a decision > we should at least take consciously. That's why my initial > proposal made it a separate module! > > Adding libxml2 could also open the way to bundling some > other great modules, such as XSLT transformations. But only if we make it a module independent dependency. > > (note: it is now possible to use libxml2 as the the backend > for APR's XML module, though expat remains the default there). IMHO that would create an APR dependency and not primarily a httpd dependency. So this should be discussed over at dev@apr and is IMHO unrelated to this topic. Regards Rüdiger
