Alexandre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Then, I'll try to see if I can remove xslt and xpath from 4suite
>> 0.11 and ship the one in python-xml 0.7. This may "unbreak things"
>> (I don't really believe in that though).
>
> Hi,
>
> A few things that may be relevant here:
>
> * There are no clashes between PyXML and 4Suite's xpath and xslt,
> because they live in differant packates (xml and Ft.Xml)
That is right if you consider 0.12aX versions of 4Suite, but it
is wrong with 4Suite 0.11.1.
Currently, python-xml in Debian doesn't ship xslt and xpath for
that reason.
>
> * the xpath and xslt packages in PyXML are mostly the ones that shipped in
> 4Suite 0.10.x, adapted to use minidom (or is it 4DOM? Can't rememeber, have
> to scheck) internally instead of 4suite's Domlette, so this means no API
> changes going from 4Suite-0.10 to PyXML-O.7
Currently, 4xslt from 4suite 0.11.1 doesn't work with python-xml 0.7
(see bug #128604) because of a namespace problem whose origin is
a API change in python-xml 0.7.
How can I solve the problem ?
>
> * as far as I know, there are a few things that won't work with PyXML's
> xpath and xslt, but these could be hammered out in PyXML-0.7.1, due out
> soon (and I could lobby/apply patches/fix bugs to get this done)
Python-xml 0.7.1 will not enter woody, for the following reason:
boot-floppies depend on it and I don't want anything to happen to
them near a release.
Now, I need a solution for #128604. What happens if I ship the
xslt and xpath from python-xml 0.7 and if I remove the ones from
4suite 0.11.1 ?
> * There were some API changes in the xpath and xslt APIs in 4Suite from
> 0.11 to 0.12.0a2, though in some cases a compatibility layer has been
> provided. People using 4Suite's xpath and xslt will most certainly have to
> upgrade their code anyway
Well, this will happen after woody. 0.12.0a2 won't be uploaded
to woody anyway.
> * I'm not certain that many products beside 4SuiteServer and Narval
> make use of the programming APIs. I (as a Narval developer) was quite
> alone to complain in the API changes on the 4Suite mailing lists. I'd
> therefore expect the number of people using 4Suite as a depend for non
> debian software to be relatively small. And for them, the maintenance
> nightmare is real, whatever solution you choose, but since I'd expect
> them to try to follow the latest API in their products, I'd strongly be
> in favour of including the latest available.
>
> What packages in Woody depend on 4Suite?
There aren't any.
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