Re: [Exist-open] installing xsltforms on eXist 5.2

[Ihe O. <ihe...@gm...>]

Great. So how do I install that?

On Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 8:58 AM Craig Berry <cra...@ma...> wrote:

> On Mar 1, 2021, at 6:57 AM, Ihe Onwuka <ihe...@gm...> wrote:
> >
> > Craig the package installed XSLTForms rev 594, the one you linked to is
> rev 565.
>
> Using that versioning scheme, the one I linked to is 652.  See:
>
> <
> https://github.com/eXist-db/xsltforms-xar/commit/6423aef11a73988202807a8fab302553a1c31d71
> >
>
> I don't know why there are two versioning schemes or why there are a
> variety of inconsistent version numbers scattered throughout the project's
> build files.
>
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 7:52 AM Craig Berry <cra...@ma...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > On Mar 1, 2021, at 12:43 AM, Ihe Onwuka <ihe...@gm...> wrote:
> > >
> > > That's older than what the package installed. I think I need at least
> 629 because that's when support for AVT's came in.
> >
> > Version 1.3 is not older than version 0.1 in any versioning scheme I've
> ever seen.
> >
> > >
> > > On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 6:51 PM Craig Berry via Exist-open <
> exi...@li...> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Feb 26, 2021, at 9:27 AM, Ihe Onwuka <ihe...@gm...>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Next question. How do I upgrade to a more recent XSLTForms release -
> at least 629 rather than 594 which is on the package.
> > >
> > > Never used it myself, but it looks like what's available online via
> Package Manger is from 2014, i.e., a very old version. It lists both 565
> and 0.1 as its version numbers, which sound like Subversion revision number
> and actual version number, respectively. My guess would be that the
> repository from which that package is built is no longer maintained.
> > >
> > > There appears to be a repository here:
> > >
> > > https://github.com/eXist-db/xsltforms-xar
> > >
> > > that has version 1.3.  So you could try building that and then just
> installing the resulting XAR via package manager like you would do for any
> locally-developed package.
> > >
> > > I don't know who owns the exist-db.org/apps extension delivery
> mechanism or why it would be serving such an old version.
> > >
> > >
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