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Ignore unknown nodes when parsing XML responses

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      After the latest schema update, a user observed breakage with libmusicbrainz 4.0.1 which goes away when upgrading to 4.0.2 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822177

      16:57 < adhawkins> I wonder if seeing an invalid tag in the XML response stops
      it processing the rest of the entity?
      16:57 < teuf> ah maybe s-j parsing code is too strict
      16:57 < adhawkins> There is a new 'number' tag that is text. 4.0.1 won't know
      what to do with that.
      16:57 < adhawkins> I thought it just emitted an error and then continued, but
      I could be wrong.
      16:58 < adhawkins> Or perhaps the library is getting it wrong if it doesn't
      understand the response.
      16:58 < adhawkins> If you can raise it as a ticket in JIRA with the exact
      query that's being sent, I can investigate.
      16:58 < warp> adhawkins: in general you should ignore unrecognized elements,
      not emit errors
      16:59 < teuf> adhawkins: yeah trying to get this info
      16:59 < adhawkins> warp: Which element is the new 'number' tag part of?
      16:59 < ocharles> <track>
      16:59 < warp> adhawkins: <track>
      16:59 < adhawkins> Ah yes, found it. Looking
      17:00 < adhawkins> I think it'll write to stderr for the unrecognised element,
      but should then continue I'd have thought.
      17:01 < adhawkins> Ah hold on.
      17:01 < kepstin-work> adhawkins: well, boot up an older version of
      libmusicbrainz and give it a try
      17:01 < adhawkins> Looks like some shortcutting might be going on.
      17:01 < adhawkins> Yeah, I think once it sees something it doesn't recognise
      it will ignore everything else.
      17:01 < adhawkins> Not a good plan.
      17:02 < kepstin-work> ouch, that's a nasty bug.
      17:02 < kepstin-work> is that bug still in 4.0.2?
      17:02 < kepstin-work> if so, you really should put out a 4.0.3 with it fixed.
      17:02 < adhawkins> Yes, but 4.0.2 should recognise everything
      17:02 < kepstin-work> not after the next schema change release
      17:02 < adhawkins> I already need to do a 4.0.3 with a fix for the compilation
      error.

            adhawkins Andy Hawkins
            teuf Christophe Fergeau
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                4.0.2
                5.0.0