[XML-SIG] New release of xml package
Andrew Kuchling
akuchlin@cnri.reston.va.us
Tue, 9 Jun 1998 10:36:27 -0400 (EDT)
I've put up a new version (0.2) of xml-package.tgz; it's at
http://www.python.org/sigs/xml-sig/files/xml-package.tgz
Major change: "make install" now actually works, at least for me on
Linux. It may well break on your machine; please let me know how it
goes for you. It creates an 'xml' subdirectory under site-packages
and puts the .py files there; the *.so or *.sl files go into
site-packages, but not into the xml package.
Other notes:
* What's the license on everything going to be? Stefane's DOM
code is under LGPL; pyexpat is under Python's license; sgmlop is even
less restrictive. Lars, what license are you using for your code?
I'd argue for Python-style, but LGPL would also be tolerable, I think.
* Implementing "make install" was ugly; not difficult, but
ugly, since the top-level Makefile cd's into the pyexpat and sgmlop
subdirectories and re-runs make there. I did it this way
to preserve the pyexpat and sgmlop subdirectories, making it easier to
drop in new versions of them. But the added complexity may be a pain,
and it might be simpler to pull the C extensions up to the top-level
directory, requiring only a single Makefile.
* We're going to have do a test suite at some point.
* Still to do: more documentation and sample code.
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careful not to outrage my modesty by their praise, and the public scrupulously
refused to debauch me with applause. I have thought about it a good deal, and
my conclusion is that I was ahead of my time. Or behind it. Or something.
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