Re: javacc5 issues

[Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>]

Hi Sebastiaan,

Le 18/05/2022 à 09:24, Sebastiaan Couwenberg a écrit :
> javacc5 is not built on the buildds preventing testing migration:
>
>   https://qa.debian.org/excuses.php?package=javacc5
>
> This is why it's good practice to upload NEW packages to experimental, 
> which can then be followed-up with a source-only upload to unstable.

Two consecutive uploads to unstable is fine too.


> The git repo is empty:
>
>   https://salsa.debian.org/java-team/javacc5

I pondered keeping the javacc5 package as a branch of the javacc 
repository, but I've eventually pushed it to a new repository.


> The watch file doesn't limit to 5.x releases:
>
>   https://sources.debian.org/src/javacc5/5.0-10/debian/watch/

Yes, because there is no 5.x release tagged in the upstream repository :(

Emmanuel Bourg