Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 08:50:24 -0700 From: bmah@FreeBSD.org (Bruce A. Mah) To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> Cc: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common new.sgml Message-ID: <200210051550.g95FoO62010916@intruder.bmah.org> In-Reply-To: <20021005114307.GE380@starjuice.net> References: <200210041653.g94GrDFD063619@freefall.freebsd.org> <20021005114307.GE380@starjuice.net>
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--==_Exmh_1800647424P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii If memory serves me right, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > On (2002/10/04 09:53), Bruce A. Mah wrote: > > > Modified files: > > release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common new.sgml > > Log: > > New release notes: matcd(4) removal, libbsdxml. > > > > While here, fix a minor style nit. > > Are you sure we should publicize libbsdxml? Why would someone reading > the release notes want to know about it, if not to use it. Hey Sheldon-- Let me start off by agreeing with you in that software authors should almost always prefer the "real" expat from Ports. So...why would someone want to know about libbsdxml? 1. Curiosity. Don't laugh...it's why I got started maintaining the release notes. I thought this was an interesting addition worthy of being noted, even though most users won't interact with it directly. 2. It lets people know that if they're contemplating writing something for the base system, they'll have at least some XML processing facilities available to them. > We shouldn't be encouraging third parties to take advantage of this > library, I think. I'm trying to figure out what out of the following could be construed as encouraging anybody to do anything: An XML processing library, named libbsdxml has been added for the benefit of XML-using utilities in the base system. It is based almost entirely on an import of expat 1.95.5, but is installed under a different name to avoid conflicts with any versions of expat installed from the Ports Collection. In general, I try to avoid advocating things in the release notes. (There's always exceptions, such as the various notes and warnings about works-in-progress, etc.) Cheers, Bruce. PS. Before anyone calls me on it, yes, there's a punctuation problem in the first line above. I'll fix it, if it survives. --==_Exmh_1800647424P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5+ 20020506 iD8DBQE9nwo/2MoxcVugUsMRAtbAAJwKRKucy8ohYXaJGsz+3aeKKgH7fwCfeFEM T4dQw6TQTbk1lauxBPQeSEs= =YWg6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1800647424P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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