libgnujaxp-java needed ?

[Arnaud Vandyck]

Mark Wielaard <mark at klomp.org> wrote:
>Hi Wolfgang,

>On Tue, 2005-12-20 at 20:38 +0100, Wolfgang Baer 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
i>ntegrated 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.

>
Y>es, all runtimes based on GNU Classpath (kaffe, cacao, jamvm, gcj,
j>ikesrvm, etc) should have the GNU JAXP provider as standard component.
I>t could still be useful for older runtimes as add-on. But it might be
m>ore productive to upgrade those setups since a lot of new functionality
a>nd bug fixes (besides the jaxp component) went into all the runtimes. I
d>on't believe there really is any plan to do any more separate releases.
C>hris?

>Cheers,

>Mark

>

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Xerces/Xalan are separated projects... How can a non-free JDK user could
switch to gnujaxp?.. but maybe it's not something we want to support...


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