RE: [libxml++] FW: GNOME Platform Bindings release set

[Murray Cumming Comneon com]

Daniel wrote:
> Murray wrote:
> > It would mean freezing the next (1.2, 1.4, 2.0 or whetever) 
> API around 
> > Febuary 16th, with total freeze on March 22nd. I think it's 
> possible, 
> > because I don't know of any tasks other than
> > - using Glib::ustring
> > - Adding the TextReader API (mostly done by Christophe in a patch)
> 
>   What about the new xmlReadxxx APIs. If we really want to build 
> a stable long term API I think libxml++ must be built on top 
> of those

Can you give me an API reference URL for these. Are they completely new, or
do they deprecate something?

> especially make 100% sure you don't rely on global 
> variable parser flags.

Yes, I think we do everything per-parser already, using the contexts.

> > - make sure that we don't use any deprecated libxml API.
> 
>   That's quite easy to check.

Well, and we need to port them too. I don't think that's a lot of work.

> > Actually, I would like to call the next libxml++ API 2.6, 
> using 2.5.x 
> > during the unstable phase, to show what version of libxml's API we 
> > target.
> 
>   What's your schedule ?

As above, it would mean freezing around Febuary 16th, with total freeze on
March 22nd:
http://www.gnome.org/start/2.5/bindings/

> I should at least take half a day reviewing 
> libxml++ code , especially if this get integrated in some form of
> official release within GNOME :-)

That would be very cool. Hopefully it's all quite simple, where it uses the
libxml functions at least.

Murray Cumming
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