RE: [Bug 4498] - Xalan doesn't build on Solaris 8 (C++ 5.3)

[Kevin Johnsrude <ke...@roguewave.com>]

> From: bugzilla@apache.org [mailto:bugzilla@apache.org]
> 
> A bug report is _not_ the place to discuss what platforms we 
> support or don't 
> support.  Please post an email to the mailing list to discuess things.

Right-o.  Here I am.

> By the way, we will now be supplying a build for Solaris, 
> since we got access 
> to a machine.

That's great!  A couple of questions:

What OS and compiler versions?  

When do you figure on releasing it?

While you're waiting for versions of Xalan 1.3 to be available for Solaris
and your other Unix platforms, how about providing a link to the last stable
Xalan 1.2?  I'm having to refer customers to the snapshots for them to get
any Unix source at all, at present.
 
> Having the code build on a platform and providing a binary 
> distribution are two 
> different things. This is an open-source project, so perhaps 
> you'd like to 
> volunteer to do Solaris distributions if we lose access to 
> this machine?

It depends what my managers decide on the issue.  I've already supplied two
sets of fixes for Bug #4498.  I could also supply you with the current
Solaris binary distribution that I developed to test Bug #4498.  But future
versions would depend on what resources are available.

Cheers,
Kevin Johnsrude
Rogue Wave Software, 815 NW 9th Street, Corvallis OR 97330
www.roguewave.com