[XML-SIG] Re: Version number question on PyXML 0.6.4

[Martin von Loewis]

> I'm begining to think someone from the Enlightenment window manager project 
> has been given control of the version numbering for PyXML.

I don't know much about Enlightenment, so I can't tell whether this is
applause or criticism - I assume it's the latter...

> Version numbers are arbitrary, but some people will mistakenly read
> the low number on PyXML as an inidcation of unstable and immature
> software.  Based on the improved level of integration of this latest
> release the version number should have at least been bumped to a
> 0.7.0 release number.

For 0.7, I hope to provide XPath support.

> What needs to be added/finished before the number can be bumped to
> 1.0?

If the major components have no well-known and problematic
deficiencies left, I'll call it 1.0. A well-known deficiency are the
Unicode problems, for example.

Regards,
Martin