[XML-SIG] Preparing for PyXML 0.8

[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]

Alexandre writes:
 > I've checked in the the debian archive, and the file is missing in the
 > python2.2 package. So it looks like different build configuration give
 > different results. I'll have to sort this out with Jerome Marant (who
 > rebuilds the packages before uploading them). 

For PyXML 0.7.1 and earlier, setup.py tried to magically determine if
it was needed, and if a pyexpat from Python was considered "good
enough", it didn't get built.

Clearly, keeping the check for "good enough" up to date is a
maintenance problem, which we now avoid.

 > My opinion is that this is a pure debian packaging bug, and that we can
 > safely close it on the PyXML bug tracker. 

Done.


  -Fred

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