Hello, On Sun, 2009-09-06 at 15:14 +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 06:43:53PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: > > Since some time a subset of python-xml is included in the standard > > python library, while the python-xml package did not see any updates > > for years[..] > > I've investigated a bit the issue for MoinMoin, here are some info in > the hope they help [..] > - docbook generation on the contrary is an issue. It actually relies > on python-4suite, but apparently it is no longer compatible with the > 4suite we currently have in unstable. Also, it mixes the 4suite need > with some modules that use to be available in python-xml and which > are not emulated by legacy XML support in the python standard > library. > > I've a partial patch that fixes all module import issues and which I > attach. However, it still does not work because it seems that the > new 4suite requires all string data encoded as "unicode" data types
I proposed an improved patch based on Stefano's one, to upstream developers (see upstream's bug report). Upstream considered it quite intrusive and assuming that: 1. the rendering will be completely refactored in moinmoin 2.0 (the next version), which will be based on ElementTree. 2. the patch against moin 1.9 to drop python-xml dependency was quite intrusive (and it still had a few important bugs). Upstream developer isn't interested in such bug. I am personally skeptical, and I doubt it is worth to effort to carry this heavy patch ourselves. There would be three alternatives: 1. drop docbook feature. 2. embed a copy of python-xml in moin package. 3. keep using the current python-xml which has almost no bugs. If we pick the 2nd scenario, I wonder how we would track security (security issues won't be tracked in Debian-security-tracker because pyxml won't be in Debian, and moinmoin isn't supposed to include pyxml). Franklin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
