Re: NSXML* classes changed to use libxml2 directly... Should we merge th
From:
Gregory Casamento
Subject:
Re: NSXML* classes changed to use libxml2 directly... Should we merge this into the trunk?
Date:
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:11:04 -0500
Any time we allow a user to build without a given dependency they are getting a sub standard experience with GNUstep. I do consider nib reading to be a critical feature of GNUstep, and I think it's foolish to allow users to build without features like this.
It hurts us to have so many optional libraries. Since most potential users may just be trying us out, when they are able to build without XML support or without Unicode support without various other things, thy get a bad impression of GNUstep because we've allowed them to get a bad experience with it.
We needn't worry about our dependency list as its not really that long.
GC
On Wednesday, January 25, 2012, Riccardo Mottola <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi, >> >> I believe that nib reading will also cease to function, >> Maybe ... I haven't checked ... I thought it used NSXMLParser, and thus doesn't need libxml2. > > Well, nib reading is not an essential feature, form file reading is. If I'm building a minimal setup, I think as nib reading a bonus, nice to have, but if it doesn't work..
> >> I prefer it as a semi-hard dependency ... we should build without it, but the classes which need it should just fail upon initialisation. > > That's my line of thought too. > > Riccardo
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