Hello Paul, thanks for your reply.
On 02/06/13 08:57, Paul Gevers wrote: > Hi Jerome, > > On 02-06-13 06:30, Jerome BENOIT wrote: >> I have to deal with docbook-xsl for one of my package. >> I am not familiar with docbook-xsl stuff, so my question may sound naive. >> It appears that the upstream stuff play with docbook-xsl version 1.75.2 , >> but not 1.76.1 : only the last one is available on Wheezy, so why only one >> version is made available ? > > If we would keep all versions of all packages we ever had, our > infrastructure would blow up, I understand this part of the story. and also users wouldn't like the > additional overhead. But the final user is free to install, to uninstall and to purge. Usually you don't gain much by keeping old > versions, I am agree, but docbook-xsl does not seem a usual package in that matter: keeping different version looks to be in its gene, so to speak, as a `catalog' is maintained to deal easily with different versions. In fact, the `catalog' part seems very important: does a `catalog' with only one choice make sense ? Second, different version of some packages with no `catalog' feature already coexist in Debian: python, gcc, and certainly others. although we do have snapshot [1] for individual use. My concern is not about keeping old versions of the packages but rather of keeping a small set of still used version of docbook-xsl data: I guess that [1] is rather meant to keep a trace of the past, what is very good by the way. > > So my guess is that you will have to patch your package (please send the > patch upstream) it is unlikely that the upstream team wants to (as it is non-free software). and use the latest version in sid (that is where you are > building for). By the way, the version in Wheezy is nearly irrelevant > for your software development, so you should work to get 1.78.1 working. Thanks I have noticed. I have also observed that the code in the docbook-xsl metadata (or whatever) does not seem as stable as a C standard, hence certainly the `catalog' feature. In short, the initial question may be rephrase: what there is no `catalog' policy for docbook-xsl on Debian ? > > Paul Jerome > > [1] http://snapshot.debian.org/ > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/51ab665a.7030...@rezozer.net
