From owner-freebsd-current Thu Oct 3 7:25: 7 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85C8D37B401; Thu, 3 Oct 2002 07:25:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (esplanaden.cybercity.dk [212.242.40.114]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B293043E4A; Thu, 3 Oct 2002 07:25:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g93EOTZ5004589; Thu, 3 Oct 2002 16:24:35 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) To: "Matthew Emmerton" Cc: "Garance A Drosihn" , "Sheldon Hearn" , "Marc Recht" , "Alexander Langer" , current@FreeBSD.ORG, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: expat2 in the base system? In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 03 Oct 2002 09:37:36 EDT." <007f01c26ae2$09b11ab0$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 16:24:29 +0200 Message-ID: <4588.1033655069@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <007f01c26ae2$09b11ab0$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>, "Matthew Emmerton" w rites: >> >I think it would be very prudent that any base-system expat have >> >it's own name, even if it's just "expat2fb". I have no opinion >> >on whether that should be the full expat2 or a stripped down >> >functionality, but I think we should make it clear that "this >> >is the expat which the base system needs -- if you do not like >> >this version, then use the appropriate port and don't complain >> >to us about which version we install in the base system". >> > >Now I realize that expat is much less complicated than Perl, but have we >fully addressed interoperability concerns? I know that the /usr vs >${LOCALDIR}distinction between the base system and ports fixes most of them, >at least for experienced users. I think you must have misunderstood the proposal. If the library and include file are named "libxmlio" or something, I don't see how ports could be affected. At least not until somebody starts deliberately looking for that name. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message