Re: [xml] release of libxml2-2.6.0beta3

[Daniel Veillard <veillard redhat com>]

On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 11:14:40AM +1000, Malcolm Tredinnick wrote:
> Daniel,
>
> On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 08:52, Daniel Veillard wrote:
> [...]
> > Among the question remaining:
> >   - is there any API/ABI incompatibilities left ?
> >   - Should SAX2 report DTD defaulted attribute by default or
> >     only if the option is asked for
> >   - what kind of error API people really want
> > I think once I have a clear answer on all three, it will just be a matter
> > of a bit of coding to get 2.6.0 out for good.
>
> I'm not sure what your time-frame is, but would it possible to wait
> until after the weekend before drawing the curtain here? I want to look
> at the error stuff in some detail, but I am not going to have time until
> tomorrow (Saturday).

  Sure, I will need a week at least I think for 2.6.0 to be ready.

> I also want to do some checking of my SMIL library against the new APIs,
> which may turn up some incompatibilities, since I am diving under the
> covers a fair bit in some places.

  Perfect,

> As far as the DTD default attribute, I don't really have an opinion one
> way or the either (assuming the if it's on by default, it is possible to
> turn it off somehow). I guess I would very slightly favour reporting the
> default value, but I have different programs that use each option, so it
> just needs to be changable for me. :-)

  The question is purely at the new SAX2 API:
    - currently defaulted attributes are always reported
    - there is a number of defaulted attribute indication allowing
      to discard them if not needed on top of the SAX2 API
But the current behaviour could be reversed and the defaulted attributes
could be shown only if the XML_PARSE_DTDATTR option is required.

> Will post some results/comments in a day or so.

  That's fine, take your time.

Daniel

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