libgnujaxp-java needed ?

[Chris Burdess]

Mark Wielaard wrote:
> > we got two bug reports against libgnujaxp-java today. As they are clearly
> > upstream things I wondered if its still developed as an external package.
> 
> I have CCed Chris who maintained GNU JAXP before we completely
> integrated it into GNU Classpath.
> 
> > As far as I know its fully merged into gnu classpath. Following cp-patches list
> > it seems further development is only done there. As the jaxp stuff should
> > be now provided by all free runtimes its maybe time to work towards
> > removal of this package.
> 
> Yes, all runtimes based on GNU Classpath (kaffe, cacao, jamvm, gcj,
> jikesrvm, etc) should have the GNU JAXP provider as standard component.
> It could still be useful for older runtimes as add-on. But it might be
> more productive to upgrade those setups since a lot of new functionality
> and bug fixes (besides the jaxp component) went into all the runtimes. I
> don't believe there really is any plan to do any more separate releases.
> Chris?

No, GNU JAXP is not being maintained any more as a separate project.

It's not terribly useful as a 3rd-party library anyway, as the older Sun VMs
packaged incompatible W3C DOM versions, so getting it to work involved
patching the bootclasspath and lots of other headaches.
-- 
Chris Burdess
  "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little safety
  deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin
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