Re: [libxml-devel] Status of libxml?

2008-05-27 Thread Dan Janowski
I have been unable to continue work, my personal life not allowing. However, the amount of effort that I have put into this has not cleared the library of all its problems and it really needs active shared involvement of more than just a single developer. This is sort of asking for manna, but the n

Re: [libxml-devel] Status of libxml?

2008-05-27 Thread Saurabh Nanda
I shifted out of libxml to the (much) slower REXML and an ad-hoc over-the-network Java based XSD validation system. I would love to get libxml-ruby working again. A lot of my projects will depend on it. Dan, how can other people help? Is there someone who can coordinate other people's efforts in t

Re: [libxml-devel] Status of libxml?

2008-05-27 Thread Robert Fischer
REXML is a mess, and not just because it's slower. Currently, the consensus seems to be to use Hpricot's XML mode until libxml stabilizes. ~~ Robert. Saurabh Nanda wrote: > I shifted out of libxml to the (much) slower REXML and an ad-hoc > over-the-network Java based XSD validation system. I wo

Re: [libxml-devel] Status of libxml?

2008-05-27 Thread Sean Chittenden
I shifted out of libxml to the (much) slower REXML and an ad-hoc over-the-network Java based XSD validation system. I would love to get libxml-ruby working again. A lot of my projects will depend on it. Dan, how can other people help? Is there someone who can coordinate other people's efforts in

Re: [libxml-devel] Status of libxml?

2008-05-27 Thread Dan Janowski
The intersection is a null set. The best hope may be rubinius where the extensions can be written in ruby. Fixing the memory model for nodes and documents made a big difference, but the problems that are lingering are elusive and compounded by ruby's obsficating GC. I put a lot of time into it, but