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. Regards, Markus
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