Fixed build and metadata unhandled exception

- Fixed bug with metadata handling (could impact 'rest-publish')
- Fixed build issue:  Latest version of 'lxml' dropped support for Python 3.4,
  so we now have pinned the 4.3.x version.
- Placed the word "autocomplete" in the docs for searching reasons.

docs/source/changelog.rst

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Release v0.7.6 (DRAFT)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 -   Fresh review and cleanup of all docs!  (A huge thank you to Brittany Barnett for this massive undertaking)
-
+-   Fixed unhandled exception when encountering a global stanza in metadata files.
 
 Release v0.7.5 (2019-07-03)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

docs/source/install.rst

@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ Quick Install
 Enable Bash Completion
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-If you're on Mac or Linux, and would like to enable bash completion, run these commands:
+Context-aware autocomplete can be a great time saver.
+If you're on a Mac or Linux, and would like to enable bash completion, run these commands:
 
 .. code-block:: sh
 

ksconf/conf/meta.py

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 from ksconf.ext.six.moves.urllib.parse import quote, unquote
 
-from ksconf.conf.parser import parse_conf
+from ksconf.conf.parser import parse_conf, GLOBAL_STANZA
 
 
 
@@ -147,9 +147,12 @@ def feed_file(self, stream):
 
     def feed_conf(self, conf):
         for stanza_name, stanza_data in conf.items():
-            parts = [ unquote(p) for p in stanza_name.split("/") ]
-            if len(parts) == 1 and parts[0] in ("", "default", "global"):
+            if stanza_name is GLOBAL_STANZA:
                 parts = []
+            else:
+                parts = [unquote(p) for p in stanza_name.split("/")]
+                if len(parts) == 1 and parts[0] in (GLOBAL_STANZA, "", "default", "global"):
+                    parts = []
             meta_layer = self.get_layer(*parts)
             meta_layer.update(stanza_data)
 

requirements.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 entrypoints
 mock; python_version < '3.3'
 splunk-sdk
-lxml
+
+# Use old version of 'lxml' to keep 3.4 support for a bit longer (not strictly required)
+lxml; python_version !='3.4'
+lxml>=4.3,<4.4; python_version=='3.4.*'