Xerces 3.0.1 is now built - retire Xerces 2.8?

[Toshio Kuratomi]

On Fri, Feb 05, 2010 at 03:07:40PM -0500, Fernando Nasser wrote:
> Jonathan Robie wrote:
> > I have built Xerces 3.0.1 for Rawhide.  Xerces 3.0.1. was released in 
> > February, 2009.
> >
> > I think it should replace Xerces 2.8, which was released in August, 
> > 2007. Do any packages require Xerces 2.8? Is there anyone who can not 
> > build against the new 3.0.1 packages?
> >
> > Jonathan
> >
> Can you please call it xerces-j3 please?
> 
> It is a really sensitive piece, and we have to install a very specific 
> one for the AppServer (jbossas) or regressions are seen in the 
> compliance tests.
> 
> If you call it xerces-j3 we can install the xerces-j2 in parallel.
> 
> P.S.: A bit of history: the '2' in xerces-j2 was added in 2004 so we 
> could keep  xerces-j  (1.3.1).  Similar reasons.
> 
Jonathan is actually talking about xerces-c rather htan xerces-j.

-Toshio
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