[lxml-dev] lxml 2.2alpha1 released

[Stefan Behnel]

Hi all,

I'm happy to announce the release of the first official alpha version of
lxml 2.2. It brings a couple of new features that mainly round up the
existing tool set.

http://pypi.python.org/pypi/lxml/2.2alpha1
http://codespeak.net/lxml/dev/

I considered making this a beta release, but I wanted to permit some more
testing even before a feature freeze. So, as usual, all kinds of feedback
are appreciated.

Have fun,
Stefan


2.2alpha1 (2008-11-23)
Features added

    * Support for XSLT result tree fragments in XPath/XSLT extension
      functions.
    * QName objects have new properties namespace and localname.
    * New options for exclusive C14N and C14N without comments.
    * Instantiating a custom Element classes creates a new Element.

Bugs fixed

    * XSLT didn't inherit the parse options of the input document.
    * 0-bytes could slip through the API when used inside of Unicode
      strings.
    * With lxml.html.clean.autolink, links with balanced parenthesis, that
      end in a parenthesis, will be linked in their entirety (typical with
      Wikipedia links).