From: Francis James Franklin (f.j.franklin@sheffield.ac.uk)
Date: Mon Oct 27 2003 - 09:53:49 EST
On Monday, October 27, 2003, at 01:26 PM, Michael D. Pritchett wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, Dom Lachowicz wrote:
>
>> In reality, we're trading one set of dependencies for
>> another, while also ditching a bunch of UT_XXX code.
>>
>> Gone: libole2, glib, expat, libiconv
>> New: libgsf, glib-2.0, libxml2
>>
>
> This sounds like a bit of slight of hand.
>
> libiconv doesn't go away as glib-2.0 requires it, or maybe I don't
> understand something rudimentary here.
You understand right... libiconv is still just as much a requirement
as ever...
It's worth the switch from expat to libxml2, however, even though
expat is so much less of a hassle. And glib-2.0 isn't too painful a
requirement, given how useful it is.
2p, Frank
9. Has the work, for you, a metaphysical dimension? Yes ( ) No ( )
10. What is it (twenty-five words or less)?
- Snow White, Donald
Barthelme
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