Bug#943889: buster-pu: package hbci4java/3.0.22+dfsg-1 hibiscus/2.8.18+dfsg-2
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On Wed, 2020-01-29 at 21:03 +0100, Jochen Sprickerhof wrote:
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> Hi Adam,
>
> thanks a lot for looking into this.
>
> * Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk> [2020-01-28 22:47]:
> > On Thu, 2019-10-31 at 14:00 +0100, Jochen Sprickerhof wrote:
> > > I would like to integrate new upstream versions of hbci4java and
> > > hibiscus into Debian 10 (buster). Hibiscus is a electronic
> > > banking
> > > software and hbci4java the underlying library. The update is
> > > necessary because of the new EU directive on payment services
> > > (PSD2)
> > > [1], leading to changes in the interfaces of most European banks
> > > and
> > > thus breaking Hibiscus for most users.
> > >
> > > Due to the new upstream versions, the diff is quiet big (~1MB) so
> > > I
> > > only include links to the diff [2, 3] here. I can send the full
> > > diff
> > > as well, if you prefer.
> >
> > They are quite large, particularly the hbci4java diff. :-( I guess
> > it's
> > unlikely that such a large change would be needed again during
> > buster's
> > lifetime?
>
> I surely hope not. The EU regulation making this change needed is
> from 2015 but banks where only required to implement it by 14th of
> September 2019 and most banks implemented it to this date or even
> afterwards.
> Even worse, every bank implemented it slightly different so upstream
> had to wait for the banks to implement the client side. I'm not aware
> of new regulation and the predecessor was from 2007, so we should be
> save for the coming ~12 years ;).
Before I forget yet again, and as per our IRC discussions, let's do
this.
Regards,
Adam
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