[XML-SIG] PyXML 0.7 & 4XSLT

[Martin v. Loewis]

"Fred L. Drake, Jr." <fdrake@acm.org> writes:

> Martin v. Loewis writes:
>  > Mostly. The precise wording should be "no released version of
>  > 4Suite". The 0.12alpha versions reportedly work fine.
> 
> If I use Python 2.2.1, PyXML 0.7, and 4Suite 0.12a2, with this script:
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> #! /usr/bin/env python2.2
> 
> import sys
> from xml import xslt
> from xml.xslt import minisupport

No surprise it won't work: This is PyXML's xml.xslt _as-is_; 4XSLT is
now in Ft.xslt (or some such).

>  > Sorry, I don't understand the phrase "stand a chance".
> 
> Sorry for being obscure.  What I mean is that I'm skeptical that the
> current situation will be maintainable for any length of time.  With
> 4Suite and PyXML having the current strange relationship they have,
> it's really painful trying to keep up with which versions work
> together and which don't.  The xml.xslt package seems to end up very
> unstable.

It is not unstable it all. It just doesn't work.

> My understanding is that 4Thought intends to move 4XSLT entirely into
> PyXML, where it will be maintained, but in the meanwhile, we don't
> really seem to have a good XSLT strategy.

Correct. I initially had considered to leave it out from PyXML 0.7,
but included it on user request. Use at your own risk.

Regards,
Martin