Re: Xalan package very out of date
Scott Bronson <bronson@rinspin.com> wrote:
> Hello. The Xalan package is two version numbers and almost a year out
> of date from upstream (Debian has 1.2 in unstable, 1.3 was released in
> early January and 1.4 was released mid-September).
> I tried to contact the maintainer, Nicolás Lichtmaier <nick@debian.org>,
> two weeks ago and one week ago. No reply.
Hello,
Iirc he is MIA and has not made an upload in along time, take a look
at http://qa.debian.org/developer.php/ to be sure. - Last I time
checked all uploads in the last 6 Months were NMUs.
> Does anybody know what the status of Xalan is? 1.2 is buggy -- it's
> definitely time to update this package.
> I can prepare the updated package, but would it be accepted?
[...]
I'd think so, check the developers-referenc for exact procedure and
search on debian-mentors for a sponsor.
BTW have you tested xsltproc? I use it as (fast) replacement for
Xalan2.
cu andreas (no DD)
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