Re: Problem Embedding Cocoa Framework
Re: Problem Embedding Cocoa Framework
- Subject: Re: Problem Embedding Cocoa Framework
- From: "Sean McBride" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 12:45:28 -0400
- Organization: Rogue Research Inc.
On 5/7/09 2:40 AM, Gwynne Raskind said:
>The system installed version of libxml2 on 10.5.6 is 2.6.16. The
>current release of libxml2 is 2.7.3. A quick glance at <http://
>xmlsoft.org/news.html
> > tells us that 2.6.16 comes from November of 2004 and that there
>have been dozens of bug, feature, and security fixes in the *nearly
>five years* since. The only question is why someone who needed libxml
>*wouldn't* embed something more recent than the system provides.
>
>This is another example of Apple's code lagging *severely* behind the
>times.
Yup, I filed a Radar on this in 2007 and it was duped to <rdar://
4444886> which itself dates from around Feb 2006. Doesn't look like it
will be fixed anytime soon. What's very disturbing is that there were
several security-related fixes, as you say.
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Sean McBride, B. Eng email@hidden
Rogue Research www.rogue-research.com
Mac Software Developer Montréal, Québec, Canada
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