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libxml++ uses the deprecated std::auto_ptr in some
header files. It can't be replaced by std::unique_ptr without
breaking ABI. See
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=753123. According to http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/memory, std::auto_ptr will be gone in C++17, meaning that we have to make an ABI breaking libxml++ release within a few years. IMO the sooner the better. If we make it pretty soon, the present libxml++-2.6.so can exist in parallel with a new libxml++-3.0.so during several years while libxml++-2.6.so gradually becomes uninteresting. Application programmers will have enough time to adapt to the change. Is 3.0 the right version number? Or shall it be 2.something as long as it's the C++ binding of libxml2? When we do make an ABI breaking release, we shall of course take the chance to make many other ABI and API breaking changes. There are TODO comments to consider, and other open bugs requesting ABI breaking fixes. Opinions? |