- From: James Fuller <jim@webcomposite.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:14:05 +0100
- To: Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com>
- Cc: XProc Dev <xproc-dev@w3.org>
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> wrote: > Ok world, > > Here's the deal: I want to make XML Calabash work with Saxon 9.4. And > I'm sure I can. But some of the underlying Saxon APIs have changed, so > if I do, then it won't work with Saxon 9.3 anymore. > > 1. I can just announce that as of some version, Saxon 9.4 is required. option 1 fine … but you prob already knew that. J > > 2. Or I can go to the trouble of providing abstractions around the > changed APIs and adapting to whatever version of Saxon is present. > > Choice 1 is easy easy for me, impossible for you with Saxon 9.3. > > Choice 2 is hard for me and will eventually have to be ripped out as > I'm sure that sooner or later I'll write new code that uses 9.4 APIs > and I'm not likely to be willing (or possibly even able) to back-port > those changes to 9.3. > > So, if choice 1 is hugely inconvenient for you, now would be the time > to say something. > > Be seeing you, > norm > > -- > Norman Walsh > Lead Engineer > MarkLogic Corporation > Phone: +1 413 624 6676 > www.marklogic.com
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