On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 01:11:57PM -0400, Mark Loeser wrote: > Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis <[email protected]> said: > > 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() > > Is this "use_pyxml" upstream? From what you are saying, it is not. In > that case, we have just made patches for every package that will never > be allowed upstream. Why not do something more worthwhile than waste the > time of having to support something that might just become a problem to > maintain in the future? > > -- > Mark Loeser > email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org > email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com > web - http://www.halcy0n.com
I second that. Why do we need to make all the work fixing packages instead of letting upstream do their job? I am not so excited to fix every package I maintain as it is quite possible to introduce regressions in the process. Furthermore, I don't understand your first message. You say that you will provide xml.use_pyxml() function on python-2.7. Is this code official or you are just patching the official python releases? Anyway, as I said, I'd rather wait for upstream to fix their packages instead of me. Regards, -- Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2
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