Markus Koschany a écrit le 25/04/2020 à 23:46 : > Hi, > > Am 25.04.20 um 17:51 schrieb Gilles Filippini: >> Hi, >> >> Is the jflex package still maintained? It has no upload since 2018 and >> new releases are out, the last one being 1.8.1. >> BTW I wonder why the source package is built from the upstream binary >> distribution tarball instead of the source one. The latter ships >> jflex-maven-plugin which could be packaged as well. >> >> Thanks, >> >> _g. > > I am still active even if I don't currently make as many changes as I > did one or two years ago. I have added myself to uploaders back in 2016 > because the package was unmaintained and we needed an update. JFlex > 1.8.1 was only released two months ago. I usually hesitate to update > packages like jflex because we gain very little by doing so. This > package is mostly required for building packages. There is not really a > user visible exposure. As long as it works as expected, I believe we > don't need to update it more than once per release cycle, if at all. > > I don't remember anymore how I build the package but from the rules and > control file I assume that we have to be very careful because jflex > build-depends on itself. It is a bit tricky to really build it from > scratch. Anyways if you want to make changes, please do so if it makes > Debian better. Don't forget to check the reverse-build-dependencies though. Thanks for these explanations. I'd like to have jflex-maven-plugin packaged as well, but it implies building from the full source tarball [1] which holds a few other subprojects. Not sure if it's worth the hassle. [1] https://github.com/jflex-de/jflex/archive/v1.8.1.tar.gz Best, _g.
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