Bug #77998 for XML-LibXML: load_html doesn't like spaces in the URL

Sun Jun 24 22:31:32 2012 NHORNE [...] cpan.org - Ticket created

Subject:

load_html doesn't like spaces in the URL

Running my $doc = XML::LibXML->load_html(string => $content); where $content is the content of http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/findfamily.php?name=brooks gives numerous parse errors.

Mon Jun 25 03:35:19 2012 SHLOMIF [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Hi Nigel, On Sun Jun 24 22:31:32 2012, NHORNE wrote: Show quoted text

> Running my $doc = XML::LibXML->load_html(string => $content); > where $content is the content of > > http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/findfamily.php?name=brooks > > gives numerous parse errors.

please provide a self-reproducing test case for this bug, which does not depend on needlessly fetching external resources, which does not contain proprietary data or markup, and which is as minimal as possible. See: http://www.shlomifish.org/open-source/resources/how-to-contribute-to-my-projects/HACKING.html Regards, — Shlomi Fish Regards, -- Shlomi Fish

Mon Jun 25 03:35:21 2012 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Thu Aug 02 07:27:25 2012 SHLOMIF [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Resolving as OLD due to lack of response and cooperation from the original poster. /me sighs for the fact that it happens quite a lot - why can't people be more responsive?

Thu Aug 02 07:27:27 2012 SHLOMIF [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'

Thu Aug 02 07:35:25 2012 NHORNE [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

On Thu Aug 02 07:27:25 2012, SHLOMIF wrote: Show quoted text

> Resolving as OLD due to lack of response and cooperation from the > original poster. /me sighs for the fact that it happens quite a lot - > why can't people be more responsive?

Re-opening. Can't work out why the author couldn't do this: Get the content of http://www.gravestonephotos.co m/public/findfamily.php?name=b rooks Write a 3 line program: use XML::libXML; my $content = # the contents of the above get $doc = XML::LibXML->load_html(string => $content); It seems too many authors would rather close a bug than spend one minute investigating it. Sigh. Why can't more authors have pride in their code?

Thu Aug 02 07:35:26 2012 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'resolved' to 'open'

Thu Aug 02 07:54:32 2012 SHLOMIF [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Hello Nigel On Thu Aug 02 07:35:25 2012, NHORNE wrote: Show quoted text

> On Thu Aug 02 07:27:25 2012, SHLOMIF wrote:

> > Resolving as OLD due to lack of response and cooperation from the > > original poster. /me sighs for the fact that it happens quite a lot - > > why can't people be more responsive?

> > Re-opening. Can't work out why the author couldn't do this: > > Get the content of > http://www.gravestonephotos.co m/public/findfamily.php?name=b rooks > > Write a 3 line program: > > use XML::libXML; > my $content = # the contents of the above get > > $doc = XML::LibXML->load_html(string => $content); >

Have you actually read my previous comment with the request? The page you've pointed is marked "© copyright Gravestone Photographic Resource 1998 - 2012" and as such is under a proprietary, non-free-as-in-speech, non-open-source/non-open-content licence which I cannot really use in my code. Furthermore, the page is likely to be overloaded with a lot of data that will distract from the bug report, and the bug report should have a more meaningful reproduction recipe. Show quoted text

> It seems too many authors would rather close a bug than spend one minute > investigating it.

Yes, and that's because the bug reporters are not cooperative. Show quoted text

> Sigh. Why can't more authors have pride in their code?

Fine, but see: http://blogs.perl.org/users/toby_inkster/2012/07/10-out-of-10.html Regards, -- Shlomi Fish

Thu Aug 02 07:56:52 2012 SHLOMIF [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

On Thu Aug 02 07:54:32 2012, SHLOMIF wrote: Show quoted text

> Hello Nigel > On Thu Aug 02 07:35:25 2012, NHORNE wrote:

> > On Thu Aug 02 07:27:25 2012, SHLOMIF wrote:

> > > Resolving as OLD due to lack of response and cooperation from the > > > original poster. /me sighs for the fact that it happens quite a lot - > > > why can't people be more responsive?

> > > > Re-opening. Can't work out why the author couldn't do this: > > > > Get the content of > > http://www.gravestonephotos.co m/public/findfamily.php?name=b rooks > > > > Write a 3 line program: > > > > use XML::libXML; > > my $content = # the contents of the above get > > > > $doc = XML::LibXML->load_html(string => $content); > >

> > Have you actually read my previous comment with the request? The page > you've pointed is marked "© copyright Gravestone Photographic Resource > 1998 - 2012" and as such is under a proprietary, non-free-as-in-speech, > non-open-source/non-open-content licence which I cannot really use in my > code. > > Furthermore, the page is likely to be overloaded with a lot of data that > will distract from the bug report, and the bug report should have a more > meaningful reproduction recipe. >

> > It seems too many authors would rather close a bug than spend one minute > > investigating it.

> > Yes, and that's because the bug reporters are not cooperative. >

> > Sigh. Why can't more authors have pride in their code?

> > Fine, but see: > > http://blogs.perl.org/users/toby_inkster/2012/07/10-out-of-10.html > > Regards, > > -- Shlomi Fish

Oh, and here is my request: please read the page, the HACKING.html file and provide a *minimal* test case that reproduces this problem and is under the same terms as Perl itself or a compatible open-source licence, that we can reuse and peruse (not something © Copyright, "all rights reserved"). Else I'll have to close this bug report again.

Tue Aug 28 09:02:11 2012 SHLOMIF [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

On Thu Aug 02 07:56:52 2012, SHLOMIF wrote: Show quoted text

> On Thu Aug 02 07:54:32 2012, SHLOMIF wrote:

> > Hello Nigel > > On Thu Aug 02 07:35:25 2012, NHORNE wrote:

> > > On Thu Aug 02 07:27:25 2012, SHLOMIF wrote:

> > > > Resolving as OLD due to lack of response and cooperation from the > > > > original poster. /me sighs for the fact that it happens quite a

lot - Show quoted text

> > > > why can't people be more responsive?

> > > > > > Re-opening. Can't work out why the author couldn't do this: > > > > > > Get the content of > > > http://www.gravestonephotos.co m/public/findfamily.php?name=b rooks > > > > > > Write a 3 line program: > > > > > > use XML::libXML; > > > my $content = # the contents of the above get > > > > > > $doc = XML::LibXML->load_html(string => $content); > > >

> > > > Have you actually read my previous comment with the request? The page > > you've pointed is marked "© copyright Gravestone Photographic Resource > > 1998 - 2012" and as such is under a proprietary, non-free-as-in-speech, > > non-open-source/non-open-content licence which I cannot really use in my > > code. > > > > Furthermore, the page is likely to be overloaded with a lot of data that > > will distract from the bug report, and the bug report should have a more > > meaningful reproduction recipe. > >

> > > It seems too many authors would rather close a bug than spend one

minute Show quoted text

> > > investigating it.

> > > > Yes, and that's because the bug reporters are not cooperative. > >

> > > Sigh. Why can't more authors have pride in their code?

> > > > Fine, but see: > > > > http://blogs.perl.org/users/toby_inkster/2012/07/10-out-of-10.html > > > > Regards, > > > > -- Shlomi Fish

> > Oh, and here is my request: please read the page, the HACKING.html file > and provide a *minimal* test case that reproduces this problem and is > under the same terms as Perl itself or a compatible open-source licence, > that we can reuse and peruse (not something © Copyright, "all rights > reserved"). Else I'll have to close this bug report again. >

Closing again due to lack of responsiveness. If you can comply with my wishes and provide that test case, please comment and by that reopen the bug. Regards, -- Shlomi Fish

Tue Aug 28 09:02:13 2012 SHLOMIF [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'rejected'