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Re: Please unblock xmlto/0.0.20-3



* Daniel Leidert [Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:59:37 +0200]:

> Please unblock xmlto:

> > xmlto (0.0.20-3) unstable; urgency=low

> >   * debian/control (Suggests): Added xmltex now providing passivetex
> >     (closes: #416622, #440518). Thanks to Robert Wohlrab.
> >     (Description): Added information about fop/docbook-xsl as
> >     alternative to passivetex.
> >   * debian/patches/499200_cannot_parse_XSLTPARAMS.dpatch: Added.
> >     - xmlto.in: Fixed error message using --stringparam switch
> >       (closes: #499200). Thanks to Zed Pobre.
> >   * debian/patches/00list: Adjusted.

> These fixes 2 important bugs:

> #416622, #440518: passivetex had been removed a while ago. Now a user
> informed me that it has been re-added as part of the xmltex package. So
> xmltex has been added to Suggests in debian/control. This re-adds
> important functionality to the package (DVI/PDF/PS output).

> #499200: Using the --stringparam option results in an error just because
> a variable was not declared as a variable. The fix was pretty easy
> (debian/patches/499200_cannot_parse_XSLTPARAMS.dpatch).

> Further the description in debian/control has been extended by one
> sentence to tell about docbook-xsl/fop as alternative to passivetex.

> The debdiff is attached. The changes are safe.

Unblocked.

(Any reason why passivetex is still Suggested?)

Cheers,

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Adeodato Simó                                     dato at net.com.org.es
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