In Python 3.8, ElementTree.XMLParser() no longer accepts the html argument.
There are also changes in Python 3.8 in ElementTree and minidom where the order of XML tag attributes are "retained", instead of being automatically alphabetised in Python 3.6 and earlier, and this requires the test fixtures and scenarios to be adjusted to support both pre- and post- version 3.8 for now. Any library dependinig on elifetools may also generate a different tag attribute order in XML output.
Re issue https://github.com/elifesciences/issues/issues/7490
In Python 3.8,
ElementTree.XMLParser()no longer accepts thehtmlargument.There are also changes in Python 3.8 in
ElementTreeandminidomwhere the order of XML tag attributes are "retained", instead of being automatically alphabetised in Python 3.6 and earlier, and this requires the test fixtures and scenarios to be adjusted to support both pre- and post- version 3.8 for now. Any library dependinig onelifetoolsmay also generate a different tag attribute order in XML output.