Re: JavaCC update

[Benjamin Mesing <ben-ml@gmx.net>]

Hi,

I have prepared a javacc 6.1.3 package and recompiled some of its dependencies. 

So far three packages fail to compile (there are probably more):

• css-parser
• lucene-solr
  
• lucene2

All three packages are a couple of years behind the latest upstream version.

Is there an easy way to autobuild the reverse-depends of a package to test the other packages? Something like a buildd light?

The only reverse-build-dep of cssparser (libcssparser-java) is htmlunit (libhtmlunit-java) which apparently has no  reverse-build-dep/reverse-deps and a low popcon, so it could probably removed.

In contrast lucene-solr is used quite a bit and lucene2 is a reverse-build-dep of eclipse. Probably more recent upstream versions would work fine with javacc6, but packaging those and updating their rdepends seems like a major undertaking.

I now see several options:

• update javacc to 6 and create a javacc5 package, patching all the packages which do not compile with 6.1.3 (requires a team effort)
• update javacc to 6.1.3 and upload to experimental, filing FTBS bugs against the packages which do not build
• create a javacc6 package to be used by those packages requiring javacc6

I have no experience in library transitions so guidance on the best/recommended way would be appreciated.

Since my only reason for updating javacc in the first place was to update umlet (popcon: installs 829, 0.43%), there is no need to do any of this before stretch.

Here is the list of packages I have built against 6.1.3 so far.

	
	
	
	

		

			



			
		
		

			
Build 
			
		
		

			
Tested application
		
	
	

		

			
* cdk
		
		

			
pass
		
		

			



			
		
	
	

		

			
* cssparser 
			
		
		

			
fail
		
		

			



			
		
	
	

		

			
* javacc-maven-plugin 
			
		
		

			
pass
		
		

			



			
		
	
	

		

			
* jing-trang 
			
		
		
 
pass
		

			



			
		
	
	

		

			
* ognl 
			
		
		
 pass



			
		
		
 
	
	

		

			
* olap4j 
			
		
		

			



			
		
		

			



			
		
	
	

		

			
* surefire 
			
		
		

			



			
		
		

			



			
		
	
	

		

			
* svgsalamander 
			
		
		

			



			
		
		

			



			
		
	
	

		

			



			
		
		

			



			
		
		

			



			
		
	
	

		
 

		

			



			
		
		

			



			
		
	
	

		

			
* alter-sequence-alignment 
			
		
		

			



			
		
		

			



			
		
	
	

		

			
* bsh 
			
		
		

			
pass
		
		

			



			
		
	
	

		

			
* castor 
			
		
		

			



			
		
		

			



			
		
	
	

		

			
* flute 
			
		
		

			



			
		
		

			



			
		
	
	

		

			
* geogebra 
			
		
		

			



			
		
		

			



			
		
	
	

		

			
* gridengine 
			
		
		

			



			
		
		

			



			
		
	
	

		

			
* javacc4 
			
		
		

			



			
		
		

			



			
		
	
	

		

			
* josm 
			
		
		

			
pass
		
		

			
yes
		
	
	

		

			
* josql 
			
		
		

			



			
		
		

			



			
		
	
	

		

			
* libformula 
			
		
		

			



			
		
		

			



			
		
	
	

		

			
* libfreemarker-java 
			
		
		

			



			
		
		

			



			
		
	
	

		

			
* libnb-platform18-java 
			
		
		

			



			
		
		

			



			
		
	
	

		

			
* lucene-solr 
			
		
		
 fail
		

			



			
		
	
	

		

			
* lucene2 
			
		
		
 fail



			
		
		

			



			
		
	
	

		

			
* lucene4.10 
			
		
		

			



			
		
		

			



			
		
	
	

		

			
* mondrian 
			
		
		

			



			
		
		

			



			
		
	
	

		

			
* netbeans 
			
		
		

			



			
		
		

			



			
		
	
	

		

			
* openjpa 
			
		
		

			



			
		
		

			



			
		
	
	

		

			
* plantuml 
			
		
		

			
pass
		
		

			
yes
		
	
	

		

			
* relaxngcc 
			
		
		

			



			
		
		

			



			
		
	
	

		

			
* zookeeper
		
		

			



			
		
		

			



			
		
	

Best regards

Ben