Hi.  I just joined this list, just so I can ask the following question:

The directions for building Xerces on a Mac system are optimized for people
running Mac OS X systems.  As someone who just has an old pre-X system, I
can't build Xerces anymore.  I was wondering if you can provide pre-built
binaries for Macintosh systems.  I guess we would need versions for Mach-O
(Mac OS X only), Carbon (Mac OS X and pre-X), regular PPC (pre-X), and maybe
regular and CFM 68K (old pre-X).  I heard that there is a "bundle" format
that is really a disguised directory and it can hold multiple platform
versions and header files.  Maybe the Mac experts could put all the Mac
binaries together in that format.

On a related note, why are there such long filenames in Xerces?  The Mac
maximum filename length is 31 characters, giving a 27-char name, a period,
and a three-letter extension.  Summarizing a file should be possible within
27 characters (well, at least better than the 8-letter constraint the
previous short-name holders had.)

-- 
Daryle Walker
Mac, Internet, and Video Game Junkie
darylew AT mac DOT com


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