Re: Packaging xmlrpc-c

2001-07-01 Thread Eric Kidd
On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 01:12:57PM +0200, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > Eric Kidd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Expat 1.x was never packaged as a shared library by its upstream > > maintainer. [...] Basically, expat 1.x was designed to be used exactly > > as I'm using it--as an internal library. >

Re: Packaging xmlrpc-c

2001-07-01 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
Eric Kidd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Expat 1.x was never packaged as a shared library by its upstream > maintainer. [...] Basically, expat 1.x was designed to be used > exactly as I'm using it--as an internal library. Ah, I was ignorant of this. This makes your decision much more understandabl

Re: Packaging xmlrpc-c

2001-07-01 Thread Eric Kidd
On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 01:12:57PM +0200, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > Eric Kidd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Expat 1.x was never packaged as a shared library by its upstream > > maintainer. [...] Basically, expat 1.x was designed to be used exactly > > as I'm using it--as an internal library. >

Re: Packaging xmlrpc-c

2001-07-01 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
Eric Kidd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Expat 1.x was never packaged as a shared library by its upstream > maintainer. [...] Basically, expat 1.x was designed to be used > exactly as I'm using it--as an internal library. Ah, I was ignorant of this. This makes your decision much more understandab

Re: Packaging xmlrpc-c

2001-06-29 Thread Eric Kidd
On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 01:27:21PM +0200, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > Would you think it a good strategy for an xmlrpc-c application to link > statically with its own version of your library, because there are > set-ups out there which have a too old, too new, too screwed > installation of xmlrpc-c?

Re: Packaging xmlrpc-c

2001-06-29 Thread Eric Kidd
On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 01:27:21PM +0200, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > Would you think it a good strategy for an xmlrpc-c application to link > statically with its own version of your library, because there are > set-ups out there which have a too old, too new, too screwed > installation of xmlrpc-c?

Re: Packaging xmlrpc-c

2001-06-29 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
Eric Kidd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 2) xmlrpc-c applications must run on distros which provide a copy of > libexpat, and ones which don't. Since the libexpat sonames have not > been incremented in a correct manner on all distributions, it's > extremely hard for me rely on pre

Re: Packaging xmlrpc-c

2001-06-29 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
Eric Kidd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 2) xmlrpc-c applications must run on distros which provide a copy of > libexpat, and ones which don't. Since the libexpat sonames have not > been incremented in a correct manner on all distributions, it's > extremely hard for me rely on pr

Re: Packaging xmlrpc-c

2001-06-28 Thread Eric Kidd
On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 01:32:16PM +0200, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > Ardo van Rangelrooij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Well, as maintainer of the expat and libxmltok packages I would > > really appreciate it if you could make an effort to use the > > standalone copy. > > What he said! It avoids

Re: Packaging xmlrpc-c

2001-06-28 Thread Eric Kidd
On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 07:54:43PM -0500, Ardo van Rangelrooij wrote: > > 5) xmlrpc-c includes its own copy of expat (under a different soname) for > > binary compatibility with other Linux versions. I'd prefer not to > > change this, because it would make it hard for my users to build

Re: Packaging xmlrpc-c

2001-06-28 Thread Eric Kidd
On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 01:32:16PM +0200, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > Ardo van Rangelrooij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Well, as maintainer of the expat and libxmltok packages I would > > really appreciate it if you could make an effort to use the > > standalone copy. > > What he said! It avoids

Re: Packaging xmlrpc-c

2001-06-28 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
Ardo van Rangelrooij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > 5) xmlrpc-c includes its own copy of expat (under a different soname) for > > binary compatibility with other Linux versions. I'd prefer not to > > change this, because it would make it hard for my users to build > > binaries t

Re: Packaging xmlrpc-c

2001-06-28 Thread Eric Kidd
On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 07:54:43PM -0500, Ardo van Rangelrooij wrote: > > 5) xmlrpc-c includes its own copy of expat (under a different soname) for > > binary compatibility with other Linux versions. I'd prefer not to > > change this, because it would make it hard for my users to buil

Re: Packaging xmlrpc-c

2001-06-28 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
Ardo van Rangelrooij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > 5) xmlrpc-c includes its own copy of expat (under a different soname) for > > binary compatibility with other Linux versions. I'd prefer not to > > change this, because it would make it hard for my users to build > > binaries

Re: Packaging xmlrpc-c

2001-06-27 Thread Ardo van Rangelrooij
Eric Kidd ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello! Hi! > I'm the author of xmlrpc-c, a library implementing XML-RPC for C and C++. > (XML-RPC is a simple RPC protocol typically used for talking to web > applications. It works by sending XML messages over HTTP, which is a bit > of a strange way to do

Re: Packaging xmlrpc-c

2001-06-27 Thread Ardo van Rangelrooij
Eric Kidd ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello! Hi! > I'm the author of xmlrpc-c, a library implementing XML-RPC for C and C++. > (XML-RPC is a simple RPC protocol typically used for talking to web > applications. It works by sending XML messages over HTTP, which is a bit > of a strange way to do

Packaging xmlrpc-c

2001-06-27 Thread Eric Kidd
Hello! I'm the author of xmlrpc-c, a library implementing XML-RPC for C and C++. (XML-RPC is a simple RPC protocol typically used for talking to web applications. It works by sending XML messages over HTTP, which is a bit of a strange way to do things, but it's nice for talking to Zope and simila

Packaging xmlrpc-c

2001-06-27 Thread Eric Kidd
Hello! I'm the author of xmlrpc-c, a library implementing XML-RPC for C and C++. (XML-RPC is a simple RPC protocol typically used for talking to web applications. It works by sending XML messages over HTTP, which is a bit of a strange way to do things, but it's nice for talking to Zope and simil