I released Amara 1.1.6 last week (see the announcement). This version requires 4Suite XML 1.0b2. As usual, though, I have prepared an "allinone" package so that you do not need to install 4Suite separately to use Amara.
The biggest improvements in ths release are to performance and to the API. Amara takes advantage of a lot of the great performance work that has gone into 4Suite (e.g. Saxlette). There is also a much easier API on-ramp that I expect most users will appreciate. Rather than having to parse using:
from amara import binderytools as bt doc = bt.bind_string(XML) #or bt.bind_uri or bt.bind_file or bt.bind_stream
You can use
import amara amara.parse(XML) #Whether XML is string, file-like object, URI or local file path
There are several other such simplifications. There is also the
xml_append_template facility, which is very handy for generating XML (see how Sylvain uses it to simplify atomixlib).
Thanks to all the folks who helped with suggestions, patches, review, etc.