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Package: libxml-xpath-perl
Version: 1.13-6
Severity: important
It looks like the libxml-xpath-perl package should be phased out and
eventually get removed from Debian. The module is unmaintained upstream
(last release was in 2003), and there's a maintained, faster and less
buggy alternative available in libxml-libxml-perl.
The codebase in XML::XPath has also been forked upstream into
XML::XPathEngine with a different API. The libxml-xpathengine-perl
package entered Debian in late 2007.
See also the perl-xml thread starting at
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/perl-xml/3438368
I do plan to get the Debian package in a better state now that we're
adopting it for the pkg-perl group. Still, I think the best solution
in the long run would be to get it removed, as fixing eg. #315628 is on
the borderline of diverging the API from upstream.
The reverse dependencies of libxml-xpath-perl are currently
* libxml-atom-perl: alternatively supports libxml-libxml-perl
* libxml-twig-perl: alternatively supports libxml-xpathengine-perl
* libsql-translator-perl: currently only supports libxml-xpath-perl
The libxml-xpath-perl package also provides /usr/bin/xpath, which could
easily be reimplemented with libxml-libxml-perl if deemed necessary.
The implementation in /usr/share/doc/libxml-libxml-perl/examples/xpath.pl
is already pretty close.
As a first step, I suggest a deprecation warning in the libxml-xpath-perl
long description and README.Debian, and filing bugs on libxml-atom-perl
and libxml-twig-perl to move away from libxml-xpath-perl. I'll also look
at porting libsql-translator-perl to libxml-libxml-perl.
Cc'ing [email protected] for comments.
Cheers,
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Niko Tyni [email protected]
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Source: libxml-xpath-perl
Source-Version: 1.22-1
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
libxml-xpath-perl, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
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Axel Beckert <[email protected]> (supplier of updated libxml-xpath-perl package)
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Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 00:15:50 +0100
Source: libxml-xpath-perl
Binary: libxml-xpath-perl
Architecture: source all
Version: 1.22-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Perl Group <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Axel Beckert <[email protected]>
Description:
libxml-xpath-perl - Perl module for processing XPath
Closes: 187583 315628 337584 458713
Changes:
libxml-xpath-perl (1.22-1) unstable; urgency=low
.
* Team upload
.
[ gregor herrmann ]
* Remove David Paleino from Uploaders on his request.
* debian/rules: switch order of arguments to dh.
* debian/control: update {versioned,alternative} (build) dependencies.
.
[ Ansgar Burchardt ]
* Update my email address.
* debian/control: Convert Vcs-* fields to Git.
.
[ Salvatore Bonaccorso ]
* Change Vcs-Git to canonical URI (git://anonscm.debian.org)
* Change search.cpan.org based URIs to metacpan.org based URIs
* Update Vcs-Browser URL to cgit web frontend
.
[ gregor herrmann ]
* Strip trailing slash from metacpan URLs.
.
[ Axel Beckert ]
* debian/copyright: migrate pre-1.0 format to 1.0 using "cme fix dpkg-
copyright"
* Install test suite files into /u…/s…/doc/libxml-xpath-perl/examples
because XML::XPath(3pm) refers to them as examples.
* Switch to source format "3.0 (quilt)".
- Remove debian/README.source.
- Remove build-dependency on quilt.
- Remove "--with quilt" from debian/rules.
* Declare compliance with Debian Policy 3.9.6
- Refer to file GPL-1 instead of symlink GPL in debian/copyright.
* Add a description to debian/patches/test.patch, stating that this
patch is likely present since the initial upload.
* Add a "Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-perl" header.
* Mention "xpath" commandline tool in long package description.
* Import upstream version 1.22
+ Remove spelling.patch, applied upstream.
+ Refresh debian/patches/fix_comparison_bug_RT6363.patch.
+ New, laborious upstream maintainer. (Closes: #458713)
* Add DEP-3 compliant patch headers to fix_comparison_bug_RT6363.patch.
* Add "fallback => 1" to "use overload" in XML::XPath::Literal to fix
broken stringification as suggested by Niko Tyni. (Closes: #315628)
* Add patch (plus test, yay!) by Niko Tyni to make "and" in XPath
commutative. (Closes: #187583)
* Add patch by Niko Tyni to make xpath work without internet
connection. (Closes: #337584)
* Bump debhelper compatibility to 9 as recommended.
* Add lintian overrides for library-package-name-for-application and
application-in-library-section: /usr/bin/xpath is more a goodie.
* Rename debian/libxml-xpath-perl.docs to debian/docs for consistency.
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