Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 17:20:29 +0300 From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> To: Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/graphics/ImageMagick Makefile Message-ID: <39882E2D.1C3BE338@FreeBSD.org> References: <200008020152.SAA99750@freefall.freebsd.org> <3987BCAD.81CC44B7@FreeBSD.org> <20000802091138.C48437@FreeBSD.org>
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Ade Lovett wrote: > On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 09:16:13AM +0300, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > > Isn't the more appropriate solution will be to modify libxml2 to append '2' to > > all installed bits (like gtk, sdl etc.), so it will be possible to have both > > libxml and libxml2 installed on the same machine? > > Nope. If you read the xml and GNOME lists, xml-1.x is effectively dead, > being replaced by the 2.x series. Unfortunately, for reasons that the > software author can explain better, there are some fundamental differences > between the two.. ie: no binary compatibility. > > Eventually, when chunks of GNOME have been rewritten, maybe as close > as the 1.4 release, it will be possible to kill off libxml entirely, > and use libxml2. > > Probably the only mistake here was on my part, bringing libxml2 into > the tree after a repo-copy. On reflection, this was probably done > a little too fast, leading to confusion of the types we see here. > > Really need that "port <x> conflicts with port <y>" fu. I disagree, because even if GNOME folks will update GNOME itself quite quickly, 3rd party authors may not. -Maxim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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