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href="ftp://xmlsoft.org/">FTP</a></li><li><a href="http://www.zlatkovic.com/projects/libxml/">Windows binaries</a></li><li><a href="http://opencsw.org/packages/libxml2">Solaris binaries</a></li><li><a href="http://www.explain.com.au/oss/libxml2xslt.html">MacOsX binaries</a></li><li><a href="http://lxml.de/">lxml Python bindings</a></li><li><a href="http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/dist/XML-LibXML">Perl bindings</a></li><li><a href="http://libxmlplusplus.sourceforge.net/">C++ bindings</a></li><li><a href="http://www.zend.com/php5/articles/php5-xmlphp.php#Heading4">PHP bindings</a></li><li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libxml2-pas/">Pascal bindings</a></li><li><a href="http://libxml.rubyforge.org/">Ruby bindings</a></li><li><a href="http://tclxml.sourceforge.net/">Tcl bindings</a></li><li><a href="http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=libxml2">Bug Tracker</a></li></ul></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td><td valign="top" bgcolor="#8b7765"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" width="100%"><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" width="100%" bgcolor="#000000"><tr><td><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="100%"><tr><td bgcolor="#fffacd"><p>Well, bugs or missing features are always possible, and I will make a 11 point of fixing them in a timely fashion. The best way to report a bug is to 12 use the <a href="http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=libxml2">Gnome 13 bug tracking database</a> (make sure to use the "libxml2" module name). I 14 look at reports there regularly and it's good to have a reminder when a bug 15 is still open. Be sure to specify that the bug is for the package libxml2.</p><p>For small problems you can try to get help on IRC, the #xml channel on 16 irc.gnome.org (port 6667) usually have a few person subscribed which may help 17 (but there is no guarantee and if a real issue is raised it should go on the 18 mailing-list for archival).</p><p>There is also a mailing-list <a href="mailto:xml (a] gnome.org">xml (a] gnome.org</a> for libxml, with an <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/">on-line archive</a> (<a href="http://xmlsoft.org/messages">old</a>). To subscribe to this list, 19 please visit the <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/xml">associated Web</a> page and 20 follow the instructions. <strong>Do not send code, I won't debug it</strong> 21 (but patches are really appreciated!).</p><p>Please note that with the current amount of virus and SPAM, sending mail 22 to the list without being subscribed won't work. There is *far too many 23 bounces* (in the order of a thousand a day !) I cannot approve them manually 24 anymore. If your mail to the list bounced waiting for administrator approval, 25 it is LOST ! Repost it and fix the problem triggering the error. Also please 26 note that <span style="color: #FF0000; background-color: #FFFFFF">emails with 27 a legal warning asking to not copy or redistribute freely the information 28 they contain</span> are <strong>NOT</strong> acceptable for the mailing-list, 29 such mail will as much as possible be discarded automatically, and are less 30 likely to be answered if they made it to the list, <strong>DO NOT</strong> 31 post to the list from an email address where such legal requirements are 32 automatically added, get private paying support if you can't share 33 information.</p><p>Check the following <strong><span style="color: #FF0000">before 34 posting</span></strong>:</p><ul> 35 <li>Read the <a href="FAQ.html">FAQ</a> and <a href="search.php">use the 36 search engine</a> to get information related to your problem.</li> 37 <li>Make sure you are <a href="ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/">using a recent 38 version</a>, and that the problem still shows up in a recent version.</li> 39 <li>Check the <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/">list 40 archives</a> to see if the problem was reported already. In this case 41 there is probably a fix available, similarly check the <a href="http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=libxml2">registered 42 open bugs</a>.</li> 43 <li>Make sure you can reproduce the bug with xmllint or one of the test 44 programs found in source in the distribution.</li> 45 <li>Please send the command showing the error as well as the input (as an 46 attachment)</li> 47 </ul><p>Then send the bug with associated information to reproduce it to the <a href="mailto:xml (a] gnome.org">xml (a] gnome.org</a> list; if it's really libxml 48 related I will approve it. Please do not send mail to me directly, it makes 49 things really hard to track and in some cases I am not the best person to 50 answer a given question, ask on the list.</p><p>To <span style="color: #E50000">be really clear about support</span>:</p><ul> 51 <li>Support or help <span style="color: #E50000">requests MUST be sent to 52 the list or on bugzilla</span> in case of problems, so that the Question 53 and Answers can be shared publicly. Failing to do so carries the implicit 54 message "I want free support but I don't want to share the benefits with 55 others" and is not welcome. I will automatically Carbon-Copy the 56 xml (a] gnome.org mailing list for any technical reply made about libxml2 or 57 libxslt.</li> 58 <li>There is <span style="color: #E50000">no guarantee of support</span>. If 59 your question remains unanswered after a week, repost it, making sure you 60 gave all the detail needed and the information requested.</li> 61 <li>Failing to provide information as requested or double checking first 62 for prior feedback also carries the implicit message "the time of the 63 library maintainers is less valuable than my time" and might not be 64 welcome.</li> 65 </ul><p>Of course, bugs reported with a suggested patch for fixing them will 66 probably be processed faster than those without.</p><p>If you're looking for help, a quick look at <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/">the list archive</a> may actually 67 provide the answer. I usually send source samples when answering libxml2 68 usage questions. The <a href="http://xmlsoft.org/html/book1.html">auto-generated documentation</a> is 69 not as polished as I would like (i need to learn more about DocBook), but 70 it's a good starting point.</p><p><a href="bugs.html">Daniel Veillard</a></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></body></html> 71
