Jonathan Yu wrote: > Hi all: > > Debian's XML::XPath package is on the verge of deprecation or even > removal because it looks like it's not maintained very well > (http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/perl-xml/3438368). > Since SQL::Translator is the only package that depends on XML::XPath > (ie, it cannot use anything else), I have been asked to try to fix it > upstream (ie in sqlfairy) rather than via a bunch of patches in Debian > that can break the API. There are two other packages in Debian which > also use XML::XPath, but do so as an alternative in case XML::LibXML > is unavailable. This is what I intend for SQL::Translator. > > See the bug report filed against > SQL::Translator/libsql-translator-perl for details: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=459583 > > If there is no objection, I will begin working on an alternative > module right away, and we can deprecate the original one depending on > XML::XPath at a later date. The module I will be using is the newer > and faster module I'm already familiar with, XML::LibXML. > > I'd like to see what everyone else thinks. >
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