0.11 uses genshi, which is xml, and therefor every part of trac is
affected. but chances are high that expat version is consistent in a
distribution *fingers cross*.


On 5/25/07, Graham Dumpleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On May 25, 3:26 am, "Forest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi, all.
> >
> > I'm considering which bug tracking system to use for an upcoming project, 
> > and
> > I'd like to give Trac a try.  I'll be using Ubuntu 6.06 server edition, 
> > which
> > I believe includes Apache 2.0 and Python 2.4.  Will the upcoming Trac 0.11
> > work with these versions?  Can I use it behindmod_pythonwith the same?
> >
> > I ask because I have read in various wiki, web, and email posts that 
> > problems
> > arise with the latest Trac code unless Python 2.5 is used.  Some of these
> > posts were rather vague.  One was pretty specific about an expat conflict, 
> > but
> > it wasn't clear to me which parts of Trac require expat.  Maybe this won't 
> > be
> > a problem for me because I'm using a linux distribution whose packages were
> > probably built with a consistent version of expat.
>
> The expat problem you are talking about is probably:
>
>   http://www.dscpl.com.au/wiki/ModPython/Articles/ExpatCausingApacheCrash
>
> It doesn't affect just Trac and can arise with any mod_python hosted
> application which uses the Python expat module. The possibility of the
> problem apparently goes away with Python 2.5 as the version of expat
> embedded in Python module namespaces its symbols so there is no clash.
>
> This problem doesn't mean you can't used older versions of Python. If
> you are concerned, followed the steps described in the article to see
> if your system might be affected.
>
> Graham
>
>
> >
>

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