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| From: | Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis <Arfrever@g.o> | ||
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| To: | Gentoo Development <gentoo-dev@l.g.o> | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-dev] PyXML | ||
| Date: | Tue, 17 May 2011 19:13:07 | ||
| Message-Id: | 201105172112.01100.Arfrever@gentoo.org | ||
| In Reply to: | Re: [gentoo-dev] PyXML by "Tomáš Chvátal" |
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| 1 | 2011-05-17 20:43:29 Tomáš Chvátal napisał(a): |
| 2 | > Dne 10.5.2011 23:21, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis napsal(a): |
| 3 | > > PyXML is dead: |
| 4 | > > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/xml-sig/2004-November/010735.html |
| 5 | > > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/xml-sig/2006-June/011545.html |
| 6 | > > |
| 7 | > > PyXML provides _xmlplus module, which replaces xml module (from standard library) at run time, |
| 8 | > > which might result in various problems. |
| 9 | > > |
| 10 | > > I'm planning to implement the following solution: |
| 11 | > > - Python >=2.7.1-r2:2.7 will provide xml.use_pyxml() function. Calling of this function will be |
| 12 | > > necessary to use replace xml module with _xmlplus module. Python >=2.7.1-r2:2.7 will be added |
| 13 | > > to the tree in next week and will be temporarily package.masked. Later this change will be |
| 14 | > > backported to new versions in older slots. |
| 15 | > > - All packages, which use PyXML, will have to be patched to call xml.use_pyxml(). The following |
| 16 | > > code should be added before first import of anything from xml module: |
| 17 | > > |
| 18 | > > import xml |
| 19 | > > if hasattr(xml, "use_pyxml"): |
| 20 | > > xml.use_pyxml() |
| 21 | > > |
| 22 | > > This code works with previous versions of Python, so no changes in dependencies are needed. |
| 23 | > > |
| 24 | > As I already asked, |
| 25 | > what problem do we have to keep PyXML in main tree to be used with python2. |
| 26 | > |
| 27 | > Your specific hack introduce different behaviour for python2.7.1-r2 |
| 28 | > where you do not explain the need for it at all. |
| 29 | |
| 30 | I had already explained it in many places. |
| 31 | |
| 32 | > It is just python2 thing and we can happily use PyXML as it works even |
| 33 | > with latest python-2.7. |
| 34 | > |
| 35 | > So where is the problem? |
| 36 | |
| 37 | Fixes for at least the following bugs are absent when PyXML is installed: |
| 38 | http://bugs.python.org/issue4877 |
| 39 | http://bugs.python.org/issue6098 |
| 40 | http://bugs.python.org/issue5762 |
| 41 | http://bugs.python.org/issue5027 |
| 42 | http://bugs.python.org/issue9054 |
| 43 | http://bugs.python.org/issue777884 |
| 44 | http://bugs.python.org/issue1433694 |
| 45 | http://bugs.python.org/issue847665 |
| 46 | http://bugs.python.org/issue1472827 |
| 47 | http://bugs.python.org/issue1094164 |
| 48 | http://bugs.python.org/issue1309009 |
| 49 | http://bugs.python.org/issue1262320 |
| 50 | http://bugs.python.org/issue925152 |
| 51 | |
| 52 | -- |
| 53 | Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis |
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| Re: [gentoo-dev] PyXML | "Tomáš Chvátal" <scarabeus@g.o> |