Request for current platform support

[Ca...@hyperion.com]

Hi, Folks.

I'd like to request that support be added for more current versions
of the platforms that Xerces-C provides.

For example, Solaris has more market share in the UNIX marketplace
than any other UNIX vendor. Yet the supported Solaris platform is
for a version of the OS that has been unsupported by SUN for well
over a year, and is two revisions behind the currently shipping
version of Solaris 8. Solaris 9 is in the wings, and although a
shipping date has not been announced, bug reports from beta
testers are common on Sun's support site. When Solaris 9 ships,
Xerces will then be available for a version three generations behind
the current one.

Also, the C/C++ 4.2 compilers have not been shipped for some years,
and are not available from SUN. The alternative of course is the gcc
compilers. But they have not been optimized for the Ultra-Sparc chips
that are currently being shipped, and most serious development folks
stick with the commercial compilers, because of the readily available
support.

To address these issues, it would be great if the team could add
support for the 'current' shipping configuration on each major platform.
For Sun, this would be Solaris 8 for Sparc/X86, and the Forte 6
compilers from SUN. This single addition would be the platform most
developers would be likely to use on SUN UNIX.

HPUX is also in the same fix. The supported compiler hasn't been available
for some years, and at least three releases of the compiler have been
made since the supported version was released.

In general, this applies to other platforms too. I do like the support
for the older tools, because there are people who have purchased their
development systems some time ago, and the software works well with
these platforms. But what about folks who are upgrading to new hardware,
or are just new entries in the marketplace? If they need to build for
their hardware, there is no tested version of the code available.

I think the best of all worlds would be to continue with the current
supported combinations, but to add the most current OS/Compiler
combination for each major platform. The additions of these new tools
will also force some code cleanup, as the newer compilers are more
strict in some ways. Certainly some of the newer compilers are more
compliant with the standards, which is a 'good thing'.

Regards,
--Carl



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Re: Request for current platform support

[Tinny Ng <tn...@ca.ibm.com>]

Just applied.  Would you please verify?

Thanks!

Tinny

Miroslaw Dobrzanski-Neumann wrote:

> On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 06:50:02AM -0700, James Berry wrote:
> > Carl,
> >
> > You've got some great suggestions...how about submitting some great patches
> > to support them? ;)
>
> A week ago I have submitted a patch for dce support for aix and solaris. Could
> someone apply it to the cvs source tree.
>
> regards
> --
> Miroslaw Dobrzanski-Neumann
>
> MOSAIC SOFTWARE AG
> Base Development and Research
> Tel +49-2225-882-291
> Fax +49-2225-882-201
> E-mail: mne@mosaic-ag.com
>
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Re: Request for current platform support

[Miroslaw Dobrzanski-Neumann <mn...@mosaic-ag.com>]

On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 06:50:02AM -0700, James Berry wrote:
> Carl,
> 
> You've got some great suggestions...how about submitting some great patches
> to support them? ;)

A week ago I have submitted a patch for dce support for aix and solaris. Could
someone apply it to the cvs source tree.

regards
-- 
Miroslaw Dobrzanski-Neumann

MOSAIC SOFTWARE AG
Base Development and Research
Tel +49-2225-882-291
Fax +49-2225-882-201
E-mail: mne@mosaic-ag.com


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Re: Request for current platform support

[James Berry <jb...@criticalpath.com>]

Carl,

You've got some great suggestions...how about submitting some great patches
to support them? ;)

-jdb


On 6/30/01 7:29 PM, "Carl_Erhorn@hyperion.com" <Ca...@hyperion.com>
wrote:

> Hi, Folks.
> 
> I'd like to request that support be added for more current versions
> of the platforms that Xerces-C provides.
> 
> For example, Solaris has more market share in the UNIX marketplace
> than any other UNIX vendor. Yet the supported Solaris platform is
> for a version of the OS that has been unsupported by SUN for well
> over a year, and is two revisions behind the currently shipping
> version of Solaris 8. Solaris 9 is in the wings, and although a
> shipping date has not been announced, bug reports from beta
> testers are common on Sun's support site. When Solaris 9 ships,
> Xerces will then be available for a version three generations behind
> the current one.
> 
> Also, the C/C++ 4.2 compilers have not been shipped for some years,
> and are not available from SUN. The alternative of course is the gcc
> compilers. But they have not been optimized for the Ultra-Sparc chips
> that are currently being shipped, and most serious development folks
> stick with the commercial compilers, because of the readily available
> support.
> 
> To address these issues, it would be great if the team could add
> support for the 'current' shipping configuration on each major platform.
> For Sun, this would be Solaris 8 for Sparc/X86, and the Forte 6
> compilers from SUN. This single addition would be the platform most
> developers would be likely to use on SUN UNIX.
> 
> HPUX is also in the same fix. The supported compiler hasn't been available
> for some years, and at least three releases of the compiler have been
> made since the supported version was released.
> 
> In general, this applies to other platforms too. I do like the support
> for the older tools, because there are people who have purchased their
> development systems some time ago, and the software works well with
> these platforms. But what about folks who are upgrading to new hardware,
> or are just new entries in the marketplace? If they need to build for
> their hardware, there is no tested version of the code available.
> 
> I think the best of all worlds would be to continue with the current
> supported combinations, but to add the most current OS/Compiler
> combination for each major platform. The additions of these new tools
> will also force some code cleanup, as the newer compilers are more
> strict in some ways. Certainly some of the newer compilers are more
> compliant with the standards, which is a 'good thing'.
> 
> Regards,
> --Carl


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