Recommendations for Docbook XML transformation with Python?

[Tim Churches]

These days, what is the best way to transform DocBook XML into HTML,
RTF, PDF and other targets using Python? Googling around the topic
throws up a bewildering array of acronyms, but it seem that using
libxml2, libxslt and the libxml2-python bindings might be the best way
forward??? The latest versions of libxml2 and libxslt compiled without
problems (on a RH Linux 8 machine), but setup (compilation and
installation) of the latest libxml2-python binding fails (with Python
2.3.3). Should I persist, or is there a better direction to take? 
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Tim C

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