[XML-SIG] Expat 1.95.4

[Thomas B. Passin]

[Fred L. Drake, Jr]

>...
> What I'd like to do is:
>
>   - modify pyexpat.c to support Expat's recent ability to return
>     namespace prefixes as well as namespace URIs (useful for DOM
>     construction),
>
>   - update the DOM construction code, at least for the new minidom
>     builder, to use this to get namespace prefixes right, and
>
>   - integrate Expat 1.95.4 into PyXML.
>
> Once this is done, I'd like to see another release of PyXML go out so
> that these new features get broader testing.  I don't know what
> version number this release should carry.
>
> Any objections, comments, or suggestions?
>

If there is any potential problem with compatibility - someone using the new
expat with older Python code or vice-versa - would it be possible for for a
program to do version checking to learn if it is using a compatible version?

Cheers,

Tom P