Re: libwoodstox-java: new upstream version available (#958512)

[tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>]

Hi Alex,

On Sun, May 03, 2020 at 05:30:38PM +0200, Alexandre Rossi wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 10:21 AM Alexandre Rossi <niol@zincube.net> wrote:
> >
> > Package: libwoodstox-java
> > Version: 1:5.1.0-2
> > Severity: wishlist
> >
> > Dear Maintainer,
> >
> > woodstox-core 6.1.1 is available.
> >
> > upstream of davmail is carrying out a patch and would like at least 5.2
> > available in Debian in order to drop an internal workaround[1] available
> > upstream in 5.2.
> >
> > 5.2.1 and 5.3 build fine using the existing packaging.
> >
> > 6.1.1 fails to build lacking at least some ant plugin and requires a bit more
> > work.
> >
> > Therefore, I can quickly prepare a 5.3 upload.
> >
> > Are there any blockers regarding uploading a newer version?
> 
> Should I prepare an upload? A merge request? Any known blockers?
> 
> $ apt-cache rdepends libwoodstox-java
> libwoodstox-java
> Reverse Depends:
>   davmail
>   libopsin-java
>   libmetro-policy-java
>   libsolr-java
>   libxstream-java
>   libxml-security-java
>   libjaxws-java
>   libjackson2-jaxrs-providers-java

Thanks for helping with the update.  A rebuild using ratt [1] is an easy
way to validate that the update won't cause an avalanche of FTBFS bugs.

Cheers,
tony

[1] https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ratt