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On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 01:11:57PM -0400, Mark Loeser wrote: |
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> Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis <Arfrever@g.o> said: |
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> > PyXML is dead: |
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> > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/xml-sig/2004-November/010735.html |
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> > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/xml-sig/2006-June/011545.html |
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> > |
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> > PyXML provides _xmlplus module, which replaces xml module (from standard library) at run time, |
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> > which might result in various problems. |
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> > |
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> > I'm planning to implement the following solution: |
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> > - Python >=2.7.1-r2:2.7 will provide xml.use_pyxml() function. Calling of this function will be |
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> > necessary to use replace xml module with _xmlplus module. Python >=2.7.1-r2:2.7 will be added |
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> > to the tree in next week and will be temporarily package.masked. Later this change will be |
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> > backported to new versions in older slots. |
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> > - All packages, which use PyXML, will have to be patched to call xml.use_pyxml(). The following |
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> > code should be added before first import of anything from xml module: |
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> > |
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> > import xml |
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> > if hasattr(xml, "use_pyxml"): |
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> > xml.use_pyxml() |
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> |
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> Is this "use_pyxml" upstream? From what you are saying, it is not. In |
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> that case, we have just made patches for every package that will never |
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> be allowed upstream. Why not do something more worthwhile than waste the |
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> time of having to support something that might just become a problem to |
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> maintain in the future? |
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> |
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> -- |
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> Mark Loeser |
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> email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org |
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> email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com |
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> web - http://www.halcy0n.com |
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I second that. Why do we need to make all the work fixing packages |
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instead of letting upstream do their job? I am not so excited to |
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fix every package I maintain as it is quite possible to introduce |
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regressions in the process. Furthermore, I don't understand your first |
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message. You say that you will provide xml.use_pyxml() function on |
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python-2.7. Is this code official or you are just patching the official |
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python releases? |
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Anyway, as I said, I'd rather wait for upstream to fix their packages |
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instead of me. |
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Regards, |
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Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2 |
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