For readers new to Expat: libexpat is a fast streaming XML parser. Alongside libxml2, Expat is one of the most widely used software libre XML parsers written in C, specifically C99. It is cross-platform and licensed under the MIT license. Expat 2.7.0 has been released earlier today. I will make this a more detailed post than usual because in many ways there is more to tell about this release than the average libexpat release: there is a story this time. What is in release 2.7.0? The key motivati...