[XML-SIG] Python Wrapper for Xerces/Xalan
M.-A. Lemburg
mal@lemburg.com
Thu, 12 Apr 2001 17:21:28 +0200
Juergen Hermann wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> We consider doing a wrapper for Xerces and Xalan as an OS project. One
> question is where to host it:
>
> 1. Own SourceForge project
> 2. Part of PyXML
> 3. Part of Xerces / Xalan projects
>
> 3 is unlikely. Option 2 seems not too clever, since installing Xerces
> and Xalan are extra steps anyway, and I doubt anyone seriously wants to
> include them in a standard PyXML distribution.
I'd suggest 1 and using a distutils setup so that installation
becomes a breeze.
> Working title for the project would be "pirxx" (Python InteRface to
> Xalan and Xerces, anyone who has read Stanislaw Lem should know where
> the name comes from).
Isn't that name already taken by Christian Tismer ;-)
> Before we really launch this, I also would like to know who's
> interested into such a wrapper (I've seen some requests in the past)
> and also who would be able and willing to contribute (developers,
> documenters, beta-testers, ...).
Could you provide pointers to Xerces and Xalan ?
Thanks,
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Marc-Andre Lemburg
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