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Re: SAX inclusion in libgcj
Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org> writes:
> > I've mentioned a couple of times that the ClasspathX project has a
> > full JAXP implementation (apart from the XSLT). Should we include a
> > regular feed of GNUJAXP in GCJ?
> >
> > It seems silly to have the SAX classes in 2 places within the GNU
> > project.
> >
> > The GNUJAXP implementation is licenced under the GPL+exception (that
> > was done _specficially_ so the GCJ and Classpath projects could use
> > it).
>
> I think that is a good idea and if the copyright is assigned to the FSF
> there should be no problem at all with integrating it. Except for
> actually doing it which always takes more time than is available :) But
> I thought that Gnu Jaxp was still in beta. Is there an official release
> already? Then it would certainly make sense in pull this in.
Why would we need a copyright assignment? It's just a downstream
provider isn't it?
GNUJAXP is ready for release. It's simply about when I have the time
to make the announcement and change the webpage, etc...
> > PS why does fastjar not work with the libgcj jar file?!
>
> I was not aware of that. It is certainly a bug. Could you file a bug
> report for this.
I'll try and do that tommorow.
Nic