Hi, Meeting at Debconf we discussed, how a policy compliant XML core and package registration system could look like. I'd like to share the results:
- a package can install one or more catalogs, which go into the package directory in /usr/share (a catalog written by the package maintainer can of course be added) - all these catalogs get registered in a system wide catalog in /var/lib/xml-core/catalog via the <nextCatalog> element for every registered catalog - /etc/xml/catalog becomes a file shipped as a configuration file by xml-core, originally containing one <nextCatalog> entry pointing to /var/lib/xml-core/catalog. It might be possible to just adjust the existing tools in xml-core: dh_installxmlcatalog (install catalog files - maybe simply a pseudonym for dh_install) and update-xmlcatalog (can handle /var/lib/xml-core). This should (a) solve the issue of not preserving user-changes - the user can change /etc/xml/catalog, which is now handled as a configuration file. Further it should (b) finally solve the issue, that the 'prefer' attribute in a catalog must be considered (#763598). Please feel free to make the change or to further improve/fix the design (#626036, #637094, ...). I'm finally out :) If nobody steps up, the mentioned packages will be officially orphaned after September 2015. Regards, Daniel Am Freitag, den 24.07.2015, 17:40 -0400 schrieb Kristoffer Rose: > Yes, that would be great! --Kris > On Jul 24, 2015 5:35 PM, "Daniel Leidert" < > daniel.leidert.s...@gmx.net> wrote: > > Hi Kris, > > > > Am Samstag, den 30.05.2015, 22:08 -0400 schrieb Kristoffer Rose: > > > I have XML expertise, I am a DD, and I maintain nothing for now > > (only > > > have a few ITPs out). > > > > > > Any chance you would be at DebCamp and could do a two day intense > > > "catchup" on the involved work? > > > > I'll be at DebConf. Maybe we can meet there? > > > > Regards, Daniel > >
