The current PCBuild/readme.txt directs people to http://sources.redhat.com/bzip2 to get the 1.0.2 version of libbz2. The RedHat link redirects to http://www.bzip.org, which shows that 1.0.3 was released in February 2005. I suggest that Python 2.5 should move up to 1.0.3, and that readme.txt should point to bzip.org instead of redhat.com. I'll make & submit a patch if that would help. Here's the changelog entry for 1.0.3: 1.0.3 (15 Feb 05) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fixes some minor bugs since the last version, 1.0.2. * Further robustification against corrupted compressed data. There are currently no known bitstreams which can cause the decompressor to crash, loop or access memory which does not belong to it. If you are using bzip2 or the library to decompress bitstreams from untrusted sources, an upgrade to 1.0.3 is recommended. * The documentation has been converted to XML, from which html and pdf can be derived. * Various minor bugs in the documentation have been fixed. * Fixes for various compilation warnings with newer versions of gcc, and on 64-bit platforms. * The BZ_NO_STDIO cpp symbol was not properly observed in 1.0.2. This has been fixed.
Alan McIntyre wrote:
The current PCBuild/readme.txt directs people to http://sources.redhat.com/bzip2 to get the 1.0.2 version of libbz2. The RedHat link redirects to http://www.bzip.org, which shows that 1.0.3 was released in February 2005. I suggest that Python 2.5 should move up to 1.0.3, and that readme.txt should point to bzip.org instead of redhat.com. I'll make & submit a patch if that would help.
There is no need to submit a patch. I had planned to update it myself for some time now. I also want to update versions of various other libraries (Tcl and bsddb in particular). On bzip2, I wonder whether 2.4 should also update to the newer library; on bsddb, I wonder what version to update to. Regards, Martin
Martin v. Löwis wrote:
Alan McIntyre wrote:
The current PCBuild/readme.txt directs people to http://sources.redhat.com/bzip2 to get the 1.0.2 version of libbz2. The RedHat link redirects to http://www.bzip.org, which shows that 1.0.3 was released in February 2005. I suggest that Python 2.5 should move up to 1.0.3, and that readme.txt should point to bzip.org instead of redhat.com. I'll make & submit a patch if that would help.
There is no need to submit a patch. I had planned to update it myself for some time now. I also want to update versions of various other libraries (Tcl and bsddb in particular).
There seems to be a new version of expat too: http://python.org/sf/1433435 The namespace problem with pyexpat persists: http://python.org/sf/1295808 Georg
[Georg Brandl wrote]
There seems to be a new version of expat too: http://python.org/sf/1433435
The namespace problem with pyexpat persists: http://python.org/sf/1295808
http://python.org/sf/1295808 [My lastest comment to that bug] > As Neal points out this is a duplicate of > <http://python.org/sf/1075984>. The patch on *that* bug > fixes the specific issue, but does not solve the general > problem (as Michael, 'mwh', pointed out in the comments > there). > > I think we should > 1. apply this patch > 2. then perhaps update our expat version (see > http://python.org/sf/1433435, > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-March/062287.html), > 3. then update Modules/expat/pyexpatns.h (that this patch > adds) for any new symbols in the new version of Expat. I'm testing my patch to the trunk right now to make sure it passes everything. If you all think this is a good idea I could apply it and then also give a go an upgrading out expat version (I haven't looked at whether that would be very difficult). Cheers, Trent -- Trent Mick TrentM@ActiveState.com
[Trent Mick wrote]
I'm testing my patch to the trunk right now to make sure it passes everything. If you all think this is a good idea I could apply it and then also give a go an upgrading out expat version (I haven't looked at whether that would be very difficult).
"give a go at upgrading our (i.e. Python's) expat version" Trent -- Trent Mick TrentM@ActiveState.com
Trent Mick wrote:
I'm testing my patch to the trunk right now to make sure it passes everything. If you all think this is a good idea I could apply it and then also give a go an upgrading out expat version (I haven't looked at whether that would be very difficult).
I would like to see an update to the current Expat release before that. Regards, Martin
[Martin v. Loewis wrote]
Trent Mick wrote:
I'm testing my patch to the trunk right now to make sure it passes everything. If you all think this is a good idea I could apply it and then also give a go an upgrading out expat version (I haven't looked at whether that would be very difficult).
I would like to see an update to the current Expat release before that.
Okay. I'll see if I can try that tomorrow. Trent -- Trent Mick TrentM@ActiveState.com
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