[me] > > I'm not proposing that it be called xmlcore for eternity, but I see a > > *practical* problem with the 2.0 release: the xml-sig has a package > > called 'xml' (and they've had dibs on the name for years!) which is > > incompatible. We can't force them to issue a new release under a > > different name. I don't want to break other people's code that > > requires the xml-sig's xml package. [Paul] > Martin v. Loewis, Greg Stein and others think that they have a > backwards-compatible solution. You can decide whether to let Martin try > versus go the "xmlcore" route, or else you could delegate that decision > (to someone in particular, please!). I will make the decision based on information gathered by Fred Drake. You, Martin, Greg Stein and others have to get the information to him. > > I propose the following: > > > > We remove the '_xmlplus' feature. It seems better not to rely on the > > xml-sig to provide upgrades to the core xml package. We're planning > > 2.1, 2.2, ... releases 3-6 months apart which should be quick enough > > for most upgrade needs; we can issue service packs in between if > > necessary. > > I could live with this proposal but it isn't my decision. Are you > instructing the SIG to do this? Or are you suggesting I go back to the > SIG and start a discussion on it? What decision making procedure do you > advocate? Who is supposed to make this decision? I feel that the XML-SIG isn't ready for action, so I'm making it easy for them: they don't have to do anything. Their package is called 'xml'. The core package will be called something else. > > *IF* (and that's still a big "if"!) the xml core support is stable > > before Sept. 26, we'll keep it under the name 'xmlcore'. If it's not > > stable, we remove it, but we'll consider it for 2.1. > > We can easily have something stable within a few days from now. In fact, > all reported bugs are already fixed in patches that I will check in > today. There are no hard technical issues here. Thanks. This is a great help! --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.pythonlabs.com/~guido/)
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