[XML-SIG] Preparing for PyXML 0.6.5

[Uche Ogbuji]

> Uche Ogbuji <uche.ogbuji@fourthought.com> writes:
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> > I think it makes sense to make 0.7 the first release with 4XPath and =
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> > built in.  Then we can burn it in through an 0.7.x cycle and go 1.0 w=
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> > happy with things?
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>   BTW, do you plan to merge 4Suite and PyXML?

No.  But I don't think it's a good idea to do so anyway.

For one thing, not all of 4Suite is relevant to PyXML.  For instance, 4OD=
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probably wouldn't fit.

But also, I think it has worked quite well for the technology to be incub=
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in 4Suite, and the parts that are of broadest use for Python XML users to=
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migrate to PyXML.  I see 4Suite as a sort of PyXML++ for those who want t=
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kittin' kaboodle of XML tools.

>   It seems that a growing number
>   of 4Suite components are integrated into PyXML ...

Yes, but in some cases there is more to it than simple migration.  For =

instance, we'll be moving 4XPath and 4XSLT to PyXML, but we'll be develop=
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from scratch a new XSLT implementation that will live in 4Suite 1.1 and h=
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as an alternative to 4XSLT.  That way Python will have a mature =

implementation, and an improved, but experimental implementation.

>   What is the future of 4Suite?

1.0 probably in late April, which will be mostly what's in CVS now with =

bug-fixes.  Then 4Suite 1.0.x is maintained as a bug-fix branch while 4XP=
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and 4XSLT are removed from a 1.1 development branch and the new XSLT proc=
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introduced.

So 4Suite will keep on, although we will move over to PyXML whatever make=
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sense and has consensus (there was much discussion about moving 4XPath an=
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4XSLT in almost a year ago, but the timing makes more sense now).

One note is that since 4XSLT includes PyXML, all this migration should be=
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relatively transparent to the end user (although it can make for some ext=
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work for distributors).


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