Mark Wielaard wrote: > > we got two bug reports against libgnujaxp-java today. As they are clearly > > upstream things I wondered if its still developed as an external package. > > I have CCed Chris who maintained GNU JAXP before we completely > integrated it into GNU Classpath. > > > As far as I know its fully merged into gnu classpath. Following cp-patches > > list > > it seems further development is only done there. As the jaxp stuff should > > be now provided by all free runtimes its maybe time to work towards > > removal of this package. > > Yes, all runtimes based on GNU Classpath (kaffe, cacao, jamvm, gcj, > jikesrvm, etc) should have the GNU JAXP provider as standard component. > It could still be useful for older runtimes as add-on. But it might be > more productive to upgrade those setups since a lot of new functionality > and bug fixes (besides the jaxp component) went into all the runtimes. I > don't believe there really is any plan to do any more separate releases. > Chris?
No, GNU JAXP is not being maintained any more as a separate project. It's not terribly useful as a 3rd-party library anyway, as the older Sun VMs packaged incompatible W3C DOM versions, so getting it to work involved patching the bootclasspath and lots of other headaches. -- Chris Burdess "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin
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