Shane, Edwin, #1: I think xml-apis.jar should contain the same thing whether it is built by Xalan project or Xerces Project.
#2: My vote is to include latest DOM and SAX Standards (Not necessarily J2EE-1.3 compatible). We cannot and should not stop moving forward just because SUN picked up a snapshot to bundle with J2EE. Thanks, dims --- Edwin Goei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > [snip] > > I.e. to me the point is that we're agreeing to ship *stable* > > externally-defined standards-based files in a jar named xml-apis.jar. Any > > other files a project wants to use should go in their implementation jar, > > or somewhere else; and the xml-apis.jar should always include it's full > > contents, and should match very closely (except for last-minute bugfixes) > > the same code as in xml-commons. > > > > Am I making any sense? Does anyone else agree with me? (Note, they're > > separate questions!) One other important issue is we should have some > > manifest packaging expert help us all implement some better documented and > > finely-grained versioning info in our manifests; I've started in > > xml-xalan/java/src/MANIFEST.MF but it needs updating and I'm not sure I've > > gotten it quite right yet. > > I think there are some more involved issue here. JAXP APIs involve both > a parser and XSLT processor so there needs to be some coordination > between projects which may be difficult to achieve so that a single > xml-apis.jar file from xml-commons can be produced. As it is now, it > looks like Xalan has an xml-apis.jar file but it only contains the > javax.xml.transform classes. > > Also, there are issues w/ which version of the standard to include in > xml-apis.jar. I posted some emails on this on xerces-j-dev recently and > about whether to support the latest versions of standards or some people > want ones that are J2EE 1.3 compatible, for example. > > I don't have any answers, though. > > -Edwin > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > In case of troubles, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ===== Davanum Srinivas - http://jguru.com/dims/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- In case of troubles, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
