Re: HTTP stuff timing out on package install

[Jeff Waugh <jdub@perkypants.org>]

<quote who="Sven Luther">

> There is already a bug report against libxml2 for this, but apparently the
> libxml2 maintainer does not feel responsible for maintaining a xml
> catalog.

He's not.

> So, what would it take to obtain a libxml2 catalog ?

Note that it is not a 'libxml2' catalogue, it's a system-wide XML catalogue
for every piece of software that requires one.

> Whose responsability is it (the one of the debian developper who chose to
> maintain this package ? What if nobody steps forward, either because
> nobody knows that we need such a thing, or that nobody want take the
> responsability of this package) to package it ?

Get on the debian-xml mailing list and hurry them up ;) - it's a matter of
establishing a policy and doing a small amount of hacking. Probably a good
idea to use Red Hat's catalogue bits as a reference implementation, too.

- Jeff

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