From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Linking Emacs with libxml2 Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:08:08 -0400 Message-ID: <87iq2isnaf.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <8A20526E-44B3-4434-9D40-54A36F976CD6@mit.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1283800107 10504 80.91.229.12 (6 Sep 2010 19:08:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 19:08:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Lennart Borgman , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Chad Brown Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 06 21:08:24 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Osh3H-0000BW-Kg for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:08:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47472 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Osh3G-0002Tn-Qe for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:08:22 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=37212 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Osh36-0002S7-Uu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:08:13 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Osh35-0002fS-1O for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:08:12 -0400 Original-Received: from pantheon-po41.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.98]:38876) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Osh34-0002ep-Vt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:08:11 -0400 Original-Received: from furry (dhcp128036014154.central.yale.edu [128.36.14.154]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po41.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id o86J88GU024708 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 6 Sep 2010 15:08:08 -0400 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 76285C018; Mon, 6 Sep 2010 15:08:08 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <8A20526E-44B3-4434-9D40-54A36F976CD6@mit.edu> (Chad Brown's message of "Mon, 6 Sep 2010 11:56:16 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:129719 Archived-At: Chad Brown writes: >> Wasn't there a problem with linking to external libraries at that time? > > Yes, there was. The FSF [lawyers] recently determined that it would > be possible to use external libraries with some explicit marking of > legal status, along the lines of what is used in GCC. This refers to only FFI. Using libxml as a static dependency has never been a problem, apart from needing someone to implement it. > Looking back through the mail archives, it seems that practical > implementation is stuck waiting on an FFI design/implementation. I > thought that one had been sketched out, but I'm not finding it in the > archives, so perhaps I am confused. It's already been finalized: http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Dynamic-Plug_002dIn-Interfaces.html