xmldiff #3743 xmldiff-xmlrev: doesn't work with namespaces [deprecated]
The program description says this problem will compare XML files. However, namespaces are a standard part of XML files, and xmlrev seems to complain loudly if it sees an valid XML file with ':' in the name of an element. See debian bug report for example | |
| priority | normal |
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| type | bug |
| done in | <not specified> |
| load | 0.000 |
| load left | 0.000 |
| closed by | <not specified> |
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2009/04/02 11:56, written by gtoutoungis
- update format.py to output the namespaces of the old and new files
- update xmlrev to include in the xslt it generates the namespaces found in the xupdate file describing the transition between the old and the new file
add commentthe problem is that xmldiff generates a xupdate output without defining the namespaces of the orignal xml files. xmlrev cannot guess what namespaces prefixes are meant for.
fixing this requires to: