I've sent a message out to all package maintainers of packages that depend on libxerces-c2, but in case I missed anyone, this is a request to use libxerces-c-dev instead of libxerces-c2-dev.
If your package declares a build dependency on libxerces-c2-dev, please try depending on libxerces-c-dev instead. The libxerces-c2-dev package is specifically for the 2.x Xerces C versions, which are now obsolete. The libxerces-c-dev package will always point to the latest version of the Xerces C libraries, which are presently version 3.0.1. Although there are some source-level API changes between 2.x and 3.x, they only relate to a small portion of the API. Many (probably most) packages will be able to change their build dependencies without running into any trouble. For details on the potentially breaking API changes, please see http://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/migrate-archive-3.html#Migrateto300 I will eventually be requesting that the xerces 2 packages be classified as "oldlibs" or maybe removed entirely. I anticipate not requesting removal until squeeze+1, but we'll see how it goes. Thanks! -- Jay Berkenbilt <q...@debian.org> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
