RE: [Xenocide-programming] xercesc

[<chr...@ju...>]

The binary download of Xerces required gcc 2.95 libraries for linux (I don't remember what the matching glibc was).  These are quite outdated now.  So much so that any code that uses them isn't likely to work on new versions of gcc.  I think the problem I was enountering with the source download is that some of the libraries seem to be precompiled w/ 2.95 (I can't understand why).  Since I'm using gcc 3.3.2, it doesn't seem likely that I'll be able to get it to work.  I get the code to compile and install, but the libraries fail whenever I link to them.

There does seem to be a more recent binary up on the site now.  It's compiled for RH8 and gcc 3.2.  It still seems odd that they would put this binary up now though as both are a couple of years old already.  I'll give it a try, maybe I'll have more luck.  The selection of binaries also seem to failry odd.  The only windows binary available is for NT4 compiled w/ MSVC 6.  I wouldn't count on this working w/ VS.net. Even if it did work, I'm not sure if it would be a great idea.

My impression of xerces was that there is a lot of development going on for the Java and Perl versions, but not C/C++.  

I'll look into the GeoData classes and see what I can do there.

Also, if we keep the code portable I can help with a linux port down the line.  I have some experience with that.

Regards,
chrisp

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Chris,

As RK mentioned, until Xerces is integrated into Xenocide, we do not have
official XML parser. Xerces so far is our first choice and your comments
about it are really appreciated. We will definitely take them into account.

I am glad to hear that you are still eager to work on Xenocide.
Unfortunately there is no definite assignment I can give. The only thing I
can suggest is to pick work on Geodata classes. We used to discuss them here
in the list and Wolfman was going to work on them. However, I have not heard
from him for last couple months.

Best regards,
mamutas

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Subject: Re: [Xenocide-programming] xercesc



I understand that there are no plans to support any platforms past Windows
and I agree with the reasoning on this.  Initially I agreed with your
reasoning regarding Xerces, but my experiences with it have changed my mind.
It is for good reason that projects like this aren't quite Democracitc, but
I encourage some of the more senior coders to take the time to just get
Xerces working.  Give it a run and see what you think.  All we need to know
at this point is if it will work?  I've been trying to get it to work so
that I can (finally) finish the xnet loader.  Since we moved from BCB6 I
can't develop in windows.  That really doesn't matter for classes like the
XNDL though.  I can code these classes using gcc, and they should compile
fine in VS.net.  That's the best I can do until I get WinXP (I don't know
when that will be).  I would like to contribute code in some way.  I can
work on something that doesn't require Xerces.  Xerces seems to require a
(very) outdated version of gcc to compile in Linux.  It would be dangerous
for me to try and install an older version of gcc over what I have.
Hopefully it can be made to work in windows.  In the meantime I would like
to participate in any code that can be developed outside of VS.net.

Regards,
chrisp 

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