[mapguide-internals] Berkeley DBXML native libraries on Linux

[Jason Birch]

It would be cool to get regular direct updates as work on the project
goes along... We're not exactly high traffic :)

On 2010-05-20, Trevor Wekel <trevor_wekel at otxsystems.com> wrote:
> Hi Jason,
>
> Yes.  Rohit has been looking into this.  I will ask him to update the RFC
> with the information he has found so far.
>
> Thanks,
> Trevor
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mapguide-internals-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:mapguide-internals-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Jason
> Birch
> Sent: May 20, 2010 5:09 PM
> To: MapGuide Internals Mail List
> Subject: Re: [mapguide-internals] Berkeley DBXML native libraries on Linux
>
> The dbxml download page seems to be fairly tight on what versions it
> requires, and would need xerces-dev, etc with headers.
>
> On 2010-05-20, Tom Fukushima <tom.fukushima at autodesk.com> wrote:
>> I think that option 3 is the way to go as well.  I'm assuming that users
>> can
>> also do things like "yum install xerces" instead of having to build it
>> from
>> source; in which case, this seems pretty standard.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mapguide-internals-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>> [mailto:mapguide-internals-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Robert
>> Bray
>> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 8:08 AM
>> To: 'mapguide-internals at lists.osgeo.org'
>> Subject: Re: [mapguide-internals] Berkeley DBXML native libraries on
>> Linux
>>
>> Trevor,
>>
>> I prefer option 3. It's much more inline with the way other open source
>> projects manage dependences.
>>
>>
>> Bob
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: mapguide-internals-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>> <mapguide-internals-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>
>> To: MapGuide Internals Mail List <mapguide-internals at lists.osgeo.org>
>> Sent: Thu May 20 06:59:50 2010
>> Subject: [mapguide-internals] Berkeley DBXML native libraries on Linux
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> Rohit has been working on switching to native libraries for Berkeley DB,
>> Berkeley DBXML, xerces, xalan, and xqilla.  As it turns out, Berkeley DB
>> is
>> the only library included in most distributions:
>>
>> Berkeley DB - included in most distros
>> Berkeley DBXML - not included in any distro Xerces - included in Ubuntu
>> only
>> Xalan - included in Ubuntu only xquilla - included in Ubuntu only
>>
>> Furthermore, Oracle does not release binaries for these libraries on
>> Linux.
>> They do package Windows installers though.
>>
>>
>> I think we have a few of options:
>>
>> 1. Keep Berkeley DBXML and all dependencies in our vault and upgrade as
>> required.
>>
>> 2. Build and distribute binaries and headers for the various packages.
>>
>> 3. Document where to get the required source code and let our user base
>> build the required components.
>>
>>
>> Options 1. and 2. put the onus on us to maintain the components.  Option
>> 1
>> will continue to clog up our source tree and makes it more difficult to
>> share components with FDO.  Option 3 is a trade off.  It makes it more
>> difficult to build MapGuide but is more flexible and allows us to share
>> components with FDO.
>>
>> Any thoughts?  Other suggestions?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Trevor
>>
>>
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