* xpath.c: fixed a stupid () error + Mark name.
Daniel

* configure.in: preparing 2.6.9 release
* doc/* News: updated and rebuilt the docs
Daniel

* xpath.c: relaxed id() to not check taht the name(s) passed
  are actually NCName, decided this in agreement with Aleksey Sanin
  since existing specs like Visa3D broke that conformance checking
  and other tools seems to not implement it sigh...
* SAX2.c: check attribute decls for xml:id and the value is an
  NCName.
* test/xmlid/id_err* result/xmlid/id_err*: added error testing
Daniel

* xpath.c: work around Microsoft compiler NaN bug raise reported
  by Mark Vakoc
* xmlschemas.c include/libxml/schemasInternals.h
  include/libxml/xmlerror.h: fixed a recusive expection schemas
  compilation error raised by taihei goi
Daniel

* libxml.spec.in: keep the ChangeLog compressed
* xmlreader.c: fix a segfault when using Close()
* python/tests/Makefile.am python/tests/reader8.py: test for
  the Close() reader API.
Daniel

* xmlschemas.c, xmlwriter.c, doc/examples/parse4.c,
  doc/examples/io2.c: minor warning cleanup (no change to logic)
* xinclude: fixed return value for internal function
  xmlXIncludeLoadFallback (now always 0 or -1)

* valid.c: small enhancement to fix bug 139791

* xmlschemas.c include/libxml/schemasInternals.h
  include/libxml/xmlerror.h: applied patches from Kasimier Buchcik
  for the attribute use support
* test/schemas/attruse* result/schemas/attruse*: added the
  tests to the regression suite.
Daniel

* xmlsave.c: move the TODO as comments as the function while not
  finished are usable as-is
* xmlschemas.c include/libxml/xmlerror.h: patch from Kasimier Buchcik
  implementing union
* test/schemas/union_0_0.x* result/schemas/union_0_0*: added example
* python/Makefile.am: applied fix from Mike Hommey
Daniel

* parser.c: fixed problem with detecting external dtd
  encoding (bug 135229).
* Makefile.am: minor change to test label

* xinclude.c: fixed problem causing duplicate fallback
  execution (bug 139520)
* test/XInclude/docs/fallback2.xml result/XInclude/fallback2.*:
  added testcase

* SAX2.c include/libxml/tree.h: adding xml:id draft support
* Makefile.am test/xmlid/id_tst* result/xmlid/id_tst*: adding
  4 first regression tests
Daniel

* libxml.spec.in: fixing Red Hat bug #120482 , libxml2-python
  should depend on the version of python used to compile it.
Daniel

* HTMLparser.c: applied patch from James Bursa, frameset should
  close head.
Daniel

* relaxng.c: fixed problem in xmlRelaxNGCompareNameClasses
  which was causing check-relaxng-test-suite.py test 351 to fail.

* nanohttp.c: implemented fix for M$ IIS redirect provided
  by Ian Hummel
* relaxng.c: fixed problem with notAllowed compilation
  (bug 138793)

* uri.c: fix for xmlUriEscape on "http://user@somewhere.com"
  from Mark Vadok.
Daniel

	* python/.cvsignore: Add generated files, to make cvs silent.

* xmlschemas.c: small signed-ness patch from Steve Little
Daniel

* xmlregexp.c: patched a bug in parsing production 1 and 2 of
  xmlschemas regexp that William pointed out while working on
  #134120
* test/regexp/branch result/regexp/branch: added a specific
  regression test
Daniel

* Makefile.am: added PYTHONPATH to python tests for Schemas
  and RelaxNG
* test/xsdtest/xsdtestsuite.xml: added testfile for
  SchemasPythonTests

* doc/examples/examples.xsl doc/examples/index.html: added
  information about compiling on Unix
Daniel

* catalog.c: fixes the comments for xmlCatalogDump and xmlDumpACatalog
* doc/*: rebuilt to update
Daniel

* xmlsave.c: optimize indentation based on the new context
Daniel

* doc/examples/xpath2.c doc/examples/xpath2.res: handle and explain
  a very tricky problem when modifying the tree based on an XPath
  result query.
Daniel

* relaxng.c: fixed problem with IS_COMPILABLE flag
  (bug 130216)

* parser.c: applied patch from Dave Beckett to correct line number
  errors when using push with CDATA
Daniel

* doc/examples/xpath1.c: added a test template
* doc/examples/xpath2.c doc/examples/xpath2.res doc/examples/*:
  added a new example, and make valgrind target
Daniel

* parser.c: apply fix for #136693
Daniel