Re: python/PyXML hell (was: Re: some try-ark suggestions)

Will:

   From: Will Partain <[email protected]>
   Sender: [email protected]
   Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 20:26:07 +0100

   Berto (et al.), we are *not* satisfied with the present "it
   falls over horribly if you aren't very lucky" situation.
   The goal is for it to Just Work (TM), and I'm sure we will
   get there.

Could I have had any worse luck?  It seems like every step I took was a
misstep.

   * Ideally, we'd like it to work with nothing but your
     bog-standard Python distribution (2.x), i.e. no extra
     PyXML at all.

Yes, please.

   #2 - Jonathan, could we expand
   sidai/webpages/ark-boot.htma#pyxml to have a sanity-checking
   section?  Along the lines of "invoke 'python' then type the
   following at the prompt...  If you see <x>, then it's OK,
   else send mail to ...".  Then we can add a link from the
   try-ark page to this bit of advice.  Sound OK?

Bear in mind, I got Jonathan's code to work after purging (the botched
installation of) PyXML from my system.

   Berto, many thanks for your persistence through this
   particular episode!  (And, Jonathan: nice work.)

You're welcome.  But I'm waiting to hear what you have to say about the "So
what?" and "So what next?"  *I* know the answer to those questions (or at
least the first), but would the ordinary user?

Berto

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