[libxml++] 2.7/2.8 plans

[cdevienne alphacent com]

Hi all,  
  
Now that libxml++ 2.6 is stable, we're going to start version 2.7/2.8  
developpement.  
  
  
*** CVS branches *** 
  
The eventual 2.6.x future modifications will go on the cvs branch  
LIBXMLPP_BRANCH_2_6.  
The 2.7/2.8 work will be done on the HEAD branch.  
  
  
*** API adds *** 
  
We already have to patches that are ready to go in the unstable branch.  
One is the HtmlParser proposed by Laurent Hoss (needs some work though), the 
other one is a DTD validation proposed by Guillaume ARRECKX (looks clean).  
  
A few things that could be done :  
- Complete the XmlReader binding. 
- Take a look at XmlWrite and see if it worth being wrapped.  
- Redo SaxParser on top of SAX2.  
- Wrap other parts of libxml2 if  
  
  
*** Scheduling *** 
 
I'll try to branch and integrate the patches this week, and then make a first 
release so the new API can be tested. 
 
The Gnome 2.7/2.8 release schedule is here : 
http://www.gnome.org/start/2.7/ 
 
The big deadline is API/ABI freeze on July 21th. 
 
 
 
Best regards, 
 
Christophe