This does not feel like a showstopper rye o me. 2.7.3 has taken a large effort from many people, and we don't even have a quorum. Let's not make perfect the enemy of the good.
Gary On Wed, Mar 29, 2023, 12:43 Eric J. Schwarzenbach < eric.schwarzenb...@wrycan.com> wrote: > Hi, > > The same question / comment I had for the RC9 release (never answered or > addressed) applies to this one. > > The download includes an xml-apis.jar which, according to it's manifest, > is version 1.4.02. > > I understand this jar to normally come with Xerces. The latest Xerces is > 2.12.2 (which is the version of xercesImpl.jar included with this xalan > rc10) comes with 1.4.01. Maven central artifacts and their dependency > information agree with this. > > Should this 1.4.02 xml-apis jar really be the one included with > downloads for this new Xalan version? Is that not asking for confusion? > Currently the way dependencies are defined (at least according to maven > aritifacts) is xalan -> xercesImpl -> xml-apis. Will this be changed by > Xalan 2.7.3 with a direct dependency from xalan on xml-apis 1.4.02 to > override the xercesImpl dependency? (This would seem to be needed if > this 1.4.02 is really needed. If not, and 1.4.01 would suffice, I'd > suggest including that jar with this release and avoid unnecessary > confusion). > > Thanks, > > Eric > > > > > > > On 3/25/23 11:31, Mukul Gandhi wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've published the new RC for XalanJ 2.7.3 release (located at > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/xalan/j/2.7.3/RC10/). This RC, > > uses Apache Commons BCEL 6.7.0, and also provides means to build and > > test XalanJ from the source distribution. > > > > Since the previous XalanJ RC, this RC provides following improvements, > > 1) Few improvements to the XalanJ implementation and tests build > > scripts, based on feedback from XalanJ list members. > > 2) New linux build scripts, for XalanJ implementation and tests builds. > > 3) Implementation of few new XalanJ tests, for the jira issues solved > > for XalanJ 2.7.3. > > 4) Upgrade to the latest jtidy library (that parses XalanJ tests > > output HTML documents). > > 5) Suppression of few error messages, during XalanJ tests build, whose > > context was not clear. > > > > The apache git tags corresponding to this RC, are following (these > > have been committed as well), > > xalan-java repos (branch xalan-j_2_7_1_maint) : xalan-j_2_7_3-rc10 > > xalan-test repos (branch master) : xalan-j_2_7_3-rc10 > > > > I've verified the working of this RC, both on windows and linux > > platforms, and necessary build tests pass as discussed during review > > of XalanJ RC9. > > > > The key that can be used, to verify this RC is located within the > > file, at https://dlcdn.apache.org/xalan/xalan-j/KEYS. > > > > The XalanJ readme file, has been updated here > > > https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=xalan-java.git;a=blob_plain;f=README;hb=refs/heads/xalan-j_2_7_1_maint > , > > describing the XalanJ build and tests process. > > > > Kindly review and vote, for this XalanJ 2.7.3 RC. > > > > Great work everyone. Here's my +1 for this RC. > > > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Mukul Gandhi >
