ETA on port of libxml2-2.8.0

[Koop Mast]

On 27-3-2013 0:02, Patrick Rael wrote:
> Thanks Koop for the quick reply.  For clarification I followed up
> with two questions below.
>
> -->Pat
> ---------
>
> On 03/26/2013 04:28 PM, Koop Mast wrote:
>> On 26-3-2013 16:24, Jeremy Messenger wrote:
>>> On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 9:56 AM, Patrick Rael <prael at lumeta.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>        I see only libxml2-2.7.8 in freebsd ports.
>>>> Do you have an ETA for 2.8.0?
>>> I don't, but I will let kwm to answer it. The 2.8.0 breaks API, so it
>>> might affects many ports. kwm knows a lot about it, so I will let him
>>> to answer more on this.
>>
>> As far as I know it is only 2.9.0 and up, but I haven't gotten around 
>> testing it yet.
> Do you mean that that only 2.9.0 breaks API, but that you think 2.8.0 
> is ok
> regarding the API?
>

2.8.0 is ok, since that is what people are using when they using ports 
from MC.

>
>>
>>>>    If the ETA is
>>>> not before April 4 (that's my deadline), any
>>>> ideas/workarounds for me to get 2.8 built?
>>> I don't understand your deadline, but I believe that 2.8.0 is
>>> available in the MarcusCom CVS.
>>
>> I will see if I can update libxml2 to 2.8.0 this week, I have some 
>> other things in the pipe that I really want to commit this week. But 
>> my poudriere machine is not cooperating .... But like Jeremy said if 
>> you need it now, you can lift the new version from our devel repo.
>
> Thanks, if I need to get 2.8.0 from that devel repo, will that work in 
> our ports tree
> so that the ports make will build it?  Is that what you mean by it's 
> available in the devel repo?
>

Yes, you can treat it as a drop-in replacement for the port version.
Devel repo/Marcuscom is where we prepare updates to gnome ports -> 
http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/develfaq.html

>
>>
>> -Koop
>>
>>>> Thanks in advance, you folks are wonderful!
>>>>
>>>> -->Pat
>>>
>>
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