Python script to fix the Quake Live version problem on Linux

[wolf1e]

Ph´nglui mglw´nafh Cthulhu R´lyeh wgah´nagl fhtagn.

You really don't need to parse and "understand" the whole structure of the xml to change a single value. Don't look it as xml, it's just a single number surrounded by meaningless text.

[samyboy]

At first, I wanted to make both functions: the xml way, and the regexp way and compare both in order to take the best.
However, I first created the xml way and then got tired.

If you really want the regexp way, I can make one. Do you really want the ability to use regexp instead of xml parsing?

[wolf1e]

I would've done this to process the install.rdf file (in perl), i guess it's easy to port to python

#!/usr/bin/perl
while (<>)
{
    if ($_ =~ /maxVersion/)
    {
        $_ =~ s/\d+(\.\d+)*(\.\*)?/7/;
        print;
        next;
    }
    print;
}

[samyboy]

Yeah, that's actually a few more lines, but here you go. Just use the "--wolf1e" switch.

Hope you like it lol.

[wolf1e]

haha nice switch name :3