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Re: [xml2rfc] [Rfc-markdown] End of support for xml2rfc on Python 2.x is coming soon

Henrik Levkowetz <henrik@levkowetz.com> Tue, 08 October 2019 22:19 UTC

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Hi Carsten,

On 2019-10-08 23:48, Carsten Bormann wrote:
> On Oct 8, 2019, at 23:23, Russ Housley <housley@vigilsec.com> wrote:
>> 
>> (2) The default output formatters will change to v3.  The v2 formatters
>>    will still be available by using a --legacy switch.
> 
> Please do this in a way that will not randomly break scripts and
> other programs that need to run xml2rfc. (A calling script/program
> has no idea what version of xml2rfc is installed locally.) [Actually,
> that is also true of people calling xml2rfc…]

Does it work for you if we say 'if you want v2 output, please add --legacy
to your scripts already now'?

The --legacy switch to force v2 output (for compatible input) has been
available for around 6 months, so even if you don't have the bleeding
edge version installed, this should work as a compatibility path, I think?


Best regards,

	Henrik

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