Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: python-xml
A fresh install of a Gutsy desktop edition (not server) results in the
'python-xml' package being installed. Python-xml contains a copy of the
minidom library, although Python itself comes with minidom (at least, in
my version 2.5.1 install it does).
As a result, I have two minidoms:
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/_xmlplus/dom/minidom.py
/usr/lib/python2.5/xml/dom/minidom.py
The one in site-packages is the python-xml one. It also happens to be
an old copy of minidom, which is missing some nice bug fixes that have
happened since 2004. Unfortunately, the python-xml minidom package
comes up first in the sys.path, so when I import xml.dom.minidom, I'm
getting this outdated implementation.
My suggested fix is that we remove minidom from python-xml completely,
because it is obsolete, and Python itself contains the library now.
** Affects: python-xml (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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python-xml contains an outdated copy of minidom
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/192275
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