[xml/sgml-pkgs] libxerces27-dev=2.7.0-1 some header files 'missing'

[Robert Barta]

On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 06:24:59PM -0400, Jay Berkenbilt wrote:
> Robert Barta <rho at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> 
> > Dear packeteers,
> >
> > In
> >
> >    Format: 1.0
> >    Source: xerces27
> >    Version: 2.7.0-1
> >    Binary: libxerces27, libxerces27-dev, libxerces27-doc
> >    Maintainer: Debian XML/SGML Group <debian-xml-sgml-pkgs at lists.alioth.debian.org>
> >    Architecture: any
> >    Standards-Version: 3.6.2
> >    Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.1.0), libicu34-dev, cdbs, autotools-dev
> >    Uploaders: Jay Berkenbilt <qjb at debian.org>
> >    Files:
> >     19721059d4e9f406722350c1725d5c02 7663304 xerces27_2.7.0.orig.tar.gz
> >     c476d3b35c10441097f4e18c14cb3c47 10991 xerces27_2.7.0-1.diff.gz
> >
> > the libxerces27-dev .deb package does not contain the files
> >
> >    /usr/include/xercesc/dom/impl/*.hpp
> >
> > because the
> >
> >    build-tree/xerces-c-src_2_7_0/src/xercesc/dom/impl/Makefile.in
> >
> > does not 'install' them. Please consider adding them by applying to that
> 
> Hello.  Sorry to take over two months to reply to your message.  I was
> just going through some back email and happened to run across this.

Jay,

No worries, this is an extremely busy time.

> What you are basically suggesting is that the Debian xerces27 packages
> install private implementation header files from Xerces. ..........
> .......I am not willing to have the debian xerces packages install
> files that are not installed by the upstream maintainers.  The most
> important reason for this is that those files are not officially part
> of the public API ..................................................

Ah, I was not aware of this (not being a Xerces-C user directly).

> My suggestion is that you contact the upstream maintainers of xerces,
> which you can find at xerces.apache.org, and bring this issue up with
> them. ...............................................................

I will revisit this more closely and will try to figure why Pathan
(the XPath implementation which is using Xerces, AFAIK) is using
'inofficial APIs'. If that cannot be changed, I can still escalate
this back the chain.

Thanks for your detailed response.

\rho