-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dne 10.5.2011 23:21, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis napsal(a): > PyXML is dead: > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/xml-sig/2004-November/010735.html > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/xml-sig/2006-June/011545.html > > PyXML provides _xmlplus module, which replaces xml module (from standard > library) at run time, > which might result in various problems. > > I'm planning to implement the following solution: > - Python >=2.7.1-r2:2.7 will provide xml.use_pyxml() function. Calling of > this function will be > necessary to use replace xml module with _xmlplus module. Python > >=2.7.1-r2:2.7 will be added > to the tree in next week and will be temporarily package.masked. Later this > change will be > backported to new versions in older slots. > - All packages, which use PyXML, will have to be patched to call > xml.use_pyxml(). The following > code should be added before first import of anything from xml module: > > import xml > if hasattr(xml, "use_pyxml"): > xml.use_pyxml() > > This code works with previous versions of Python, so no changes in > dependencies are needed. > Apart from not being developed is PyXML actualy broken so we can't wait for upstream [1] to migrate their packages?
I see just one open bug for it when I search bugzilla. [1] http://qa-reports.gentoo.org/output/genrdeps/rindex/dev-python/pyxml -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk3KZToACgkQHB6c3gNBRYeNkwCghH3dd0WwCKDJ7ugyvQ5t+wUB BIoAmQGPiM2lnsas0xvhogC5vb2BqaD4 =T/Sq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
