Re: Eclipse

[Dalibor Topic]

Chris Burdess wrote:
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> Dalibor Topic wrote:
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> > I, too, want to see GNU JAXP integrated into GNU Classpath.
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> > I don't think it's absolutely inevitable to merge GNU JAXP's source 
> > code in, if and only if it can be made a hard requirement during the 
> > build process. In that case, to build classpath one would need that 
> > additional dependency. Plus point on the modularisation side (you 
> > could still use GNU JAXP separately from GNU Classpath). Minus point 
> > on the maintenance side (you need to continue dealing with two 
> > possibly asynchronious packages).
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> Moving GNU JAXP to the Classpath project is not a problem for the 
> current JAXP developers.
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> Note on modularisation: as I understand it GNU JAXP is only really used 
> by Classpath and the various free JVM implementations (libgcj, kaffe, 
> etc), which already use Classpath or are attempting to unify their code 
> with it.

Cool, than merging it in is the way to go from my perspective, too.

cheers,
dalibor topic