Neil, Agreed. My concern was that we should update when we think it is right...There should not be artificial constraints to restrain us.
Thanks, dims --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Dims, > > Just to make sure there's no possibility of confusion: No version of > Xerces builds xml-apis.jar. Xerces2 builds an API jar file that contains a > subset of the APIs represented in xml-apis.jar, and it gives that jar a > different name (xmlParserAPIs.jar for now) to make absolutely sure users > know what it's for. > > As to what's stored in xml-commons: my preference would be for us to wait > until DOM level 3 reaches a more stable level and SAX 2.0 finally reaches > r2 before deciding what to do. I suspect it probably will make sense to > upgrade the API's in xml-commons at that point, but once we get there we'll > have a better view of the lay of the land; no sense in deciding that while > these API's are still in beta or working draft. > > Cheers, > Neil > Neil Graham > XML Parser Development > IBM Toronto Lab > Phone: 905-413-3519, T/L 969-3519 > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Davanum Srinivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 11/30/2001 07:53:16 AM > > Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc: > Subject: Re: [xerces2] info about some packaging changes > > > 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] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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!? Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping. http://shopping.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- In case of troubles, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
