Nathan, I'm not sure what Maven users expect the repository layout to look like but the second option sounds like it could confuse folks. IMHO, this jar really belongs amongst the Xalan artifacts.
Thanks. Michael Glavassevich XML Parser Development IBM Toronto Lab E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 02/07/2007 11:53:40 PM: > Assuming the serializer.jar is an important dependency for Xerces > functionality, then I'd say that's up to the Xerces team. > > There are basically two options - > * Wait for the next Xalan release, upload that under the 'xalan' group > ID and link Xerces to that serializer.jar in the as a dependency. > * Upload the serializer.jar now from Xerces package under the 'xerces' > group ID and link to that as a dependency. > > -Nathan > > On 2/7/07, Michael Glavassevich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 02/07/2007 10:41:52 PM: > > > > > Sorry. I did get busy. > > > > > > The Maven group has a new, more simple means of uploading stuff to the > > > central repo now, so I started looking at this again the other day, > > > but I ran into a question that I was trying to track down and just now > > > gave up. > > > > > > The oddity is that the Xerces 2.9.0 contains a 'serializer.jar' that > > > I'd need to upload first, but the JAR's manifest says that it's > > > version 2.7.1 [1]. I assume this refers to the Xalan project, so I > > > looked there to get the "canonical" version of the JAR, but Xalan > > > currently only has a 2.7.0 release [2] and I verified that the > > > serializer.jar in the Xalan package states that it's 2.7.0. > > > > > > How did Xerces get this JAR? Is there going to be another Xalan release > > soon? > > > > The Xalan developers built it for us after they froze their code. Xerces > > 2.9.0 was timed to coincide with Xalan 2.7.1. It was supposed to happen a > > few days apart to mitigate the chicken and egg problem we had. Xalan > > needed a new Xerces release in order to enable the new DOM L3 serializer > > in their release. The new Xerces release needed the DOM L3 serializer from > > Xalan. > > > > Unfortunately their release got delayed [3] for non-technical reasons. It > > was tagged back in November but it still hasn't happened yet. I believe > > it's supposed to happen soon. If you need to put serializer.jar up first, > > you should probably wait for the Xalan release and get the jar from there. > > > > > -Nathan > > > > > > [1] Snippet from manifest of serializer.jar > > > Implementation-Title: org.apache.xml.serializer > > > Implementation-Version: 2.7.1 > > > > > > [2] http://www.apache.org/dist/xml/xalan-j/ > > > > [3] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=xalan-dev&m=116495476400467&w=2 > > > > Michael Glavassevich > > XML Parser Development > > IBM Toronto Lab > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
