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Title: xml.dom refers to PyXML, which is no longer maintained
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Components: Documentation Versions: Python 2.5
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Status: closed Resolution: fixed
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Assigned To: Nosy List: georg.brandl, gvanrossum, loewis, whooey1830 (4)
Priority: Keywords

Created on 2007-10-29 12:23 by whooey1830, last changed 2007-11-24 11:42 by georg.brandl.

Messages (4)
msg56902 - (view) Author: whooey1830 (whooey1830) Date: 2007-10-29 12:23
http://docs.python.org/dev/library/xml.dom.html#module-xml.dom

"PyXML
    Users that require a full-featured implementation of DOM should use
the PyXML package."

PyXML however is no longer maintained. Is it a wise idea to link to that
resource? Novice users might trust blindly, before finding out about the
restrictions they are going to face (maintainence, code fixes..) I
suggest adding at least information, that no code fixes are being done,
but documentation on the pyxml website is still updated (Thats how i've
understood their website. Please correct me if i am wrong. I'm feeling a
bit frustrated having spent time with a package, which is no longer
maintained, to be honest.)
msg56924 - (view) Author: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) Date: 2007-10-29 19:34
Yes, the documentation should be changed. I feel sorry that you've
wasted your time.
msg56930 - (view) Author: Guido van Rossum (gvanrossum) Date: 2007-10-29 20:55
What is to be the fate of PyXML? Incorporation into the core, or
abandonment? Or is there a replacement? What is the reason for the lack
of maintenance?
msg57803 - (view) Author: Georg Brandl (georg.brandl) Date: 2007-11-24 11:42
I've now removed mention of PyXML from the docs (r59166).
History
Date User Action Args
2007-11-24 11:42:30georg.brandlsetstatus: open -> closed
resolution: fixed
messages: + msg57803
2007-11-01 17:21:38georg.brandlsetnosy: + georg.brandl
2007-10-29 20:55:06gvanrossumsetnosy: + gvanrossum
messages: + msg56930
2007-10-29 19:34:43loewissetnosy: + loewis
messages: + msg56924
2007-10-29 12:23:01whooey1830create