Re: Soliciting advice re german umlauts bug in XML_Feed_Parser

Hi all,

As it's no longer the Silly Season, I was wondering if anyone would be able
to help with this at all.

We want to get a new version of XML_Feed_Parser out soon.

Thanks in advance,
Melissa

On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 8:35 PM, Melissa Draper <[email protected]>wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> Many moons ago, this bug was reported
> http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=12916 against XML_Feed_Parser.
>
> A patch was uploaded, and a few weeks ago it was applied to the code base
> by Daniel O'Connor. However, this code still fails the tests as seen here:
> http://test.pear.php.net:8080/job/XML_Feed_Parser/lastBuild/testReport/junit/(root)/Regressions/test_handlesGermanUmlauts/
>
> The best assumption I have is that the sample xml file for this test is
> crap because however I view that file, the target characters in the sample
> look "wrong"; either silly boxen or "euro, cross, ellipsis, big funky s,
> big funky y, small funky s, overlapping s".
>
>
> https://github.com/pear/XML_Feed_Parser/blob/master/tests/regressions.php#L67is the test,
> https://github.com/pear/XML_Feed_Parser/blob/master/samples/bug12916.xmlis the sample.
>
> How valid is the assumption? Suggestions for a better fix?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> -M
>