[lxml-dev] tests crash on libxml2 2.6.19 - drop support?

[Stefan Behnel]

Hi Martijn,

Martijn Faassen wrote:
> I also wonder whether any MacOS users are actually successfully using 
> these versions of libxml2 on their platform.

Well, we don't know. We only had one hear-say complaint that "lxml has issues
under MacOS". So, dropping support for the system libs would actually make it
clear where the issues come from. :)


> I have the impression a lot 
> of Mac OS users install their own libxml2 versions to work around issues 
> they have with the OS supplied ones.

At least, that's the impression you get from the people asking on the list.
But that's not necessarily representative. It may well mean that people who
don't upgrade their libs are plain happy. Just those who try to upgrade run
into problems and ask.

Not very likely, though.


> If this is the general pattern, we'd not have a lot of problems dropping 
> support for these as they don't work anyway.

I'll just wait until next week and if no-one complains in time, 2.6.19 will be
out for lxml 1.3. (it would still compile and work in most cases - just not
for everything).

Stefan