On 02/18/2016 02:36 AM, Ding Yi Chen wrote:
> Background information:
> Upstream of package saxon (http://saxon.sourceforge.net/) has changed the
> Open source branch to Saxon-HE, as well as the maven artifact since version 
> 9.4.
> 
> I would like to update the Saxon version, that will also change the maven 
> artifactId from
> saxon to Saxon-HE.
> 
> As far as I can see, if I just update the saxon version to >= 9.4,
> the packages that requires mvn(net.sf.saxon:saxon) will break:
> pmd
> shrinkwrap-descriptors

Changing Maven artifactId shouldn't be a problem - there is a mechanism
called aliases -- one JAR can be available under multiple different
Maven coordinates (groupId, artifactId, ...)

> 
> Packages that requires saxon might also affected:
> olfs
> scilab
> writer2latex
> 
> Should I create a new package Saxon-HE, or just update the saxon?

IMO just update saxon and we'll port any packages that may break.

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Mikolaj Izdebski
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