Debian Bug report logs - #1121324
pinot: depends on superseded libxml++2.6

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: pinot: depends on superseded libxml++2.6

Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 13:13:14 +0000

Source: pinot
Version: 1.22-1.1
Severity: normal
Tags: forky sid upstream
Control: block 1038804 by -1
User: pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: oldlibs libxml++2.6

Binaries produced by this source package depend on libxml++2.6, a C++ 
wrapper around libxml2.

libxml++2.6 is no longer maintained upstream (#1038804). It has been 
superseded by libxml++-3.0, which was itself superseded by libxml++-4.0 
(RFP: #819562) and libxml++-5.0 (RFP: #1121304).

If this package is ported to one of the newer libraries, packaging the new 
version will require packaging the new library first. I haven't marked 
#819562 and #1121304 as blockers for this bug, because I don't know which 
one would be more appropriate.

Alternatively, it could be ported to use libxml2's C interface directly, 
or to use some unrelated XML library.

    smcv

Message #12 received at 1121324@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Olly Betts <olly@survex.com>

To: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>

Cc: Debian Bug Tracking System <1121324@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: Re: Bug#1121324: pinot: depends on superseded libxml++2.6

Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 18:20:05 +0000

On Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 01:13:14PM +0000, Simon McVittie wrote:
> libxml++2.6 is no longer maintained upstream (#1038804). It has been 
> superseded by libxml++-3.0, which was itself superseded by libxml++-4.0 
> (RFP: #819562) and libxml++-5.0 (RFP: #1121304).
> 
> If this package is ported to one of the newer libraries, packaging the new 
> version will require packaging the new library first. I haven't marked 
> #819562 and #1121304 as blockers for this bug, because I don't know which 
> one would be more appropriate.

Unfortunately I don't have the spare cycles currently to contemplate
packaging a newer libxml++.

Pinot's upstream README lists the oldest tested libxml++ as 3.2.0 and
changing to that would at least be a step towards being able to remove
libxml++2.6.

> Alternatively, it could be ported to use libxml2's C interface directly, 
> or to use some unrelated XML library.

The use of libxml++ seems extensive so that would really need to be
something for upstream to decide to do rather than something we could
sensibly patch in Debian.

Cheers,
    Olly

Message #17 received at 1121324@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Olly Betts <olly@survex.com>

To: 1121324@bugs.debian.org

Cc: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>

Subject: Re: Bug#1121324: pinot: depends on superseded libxml++2.6

Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2025 13:54:19 +1300

On Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 06:20:05PM +0000, Olly Betts wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 01:13:14PM +0000, Simon McVittie wrote:
> > libxml++2.6 is no longer maintained upstream (#1038804). It has been 
> > superseded by libxml++-3.0, which was itself superseded by libxml++-4.0 
> > (RFP: #819562) and libxml++-5.0 (RFP: #1121304).
> > 
> > If this package is ported to one of the newer libraries, packaging the new 
> > version will require packaging the new library first. I haven't marked 
> > #819562 and #1121304 as blockers for this bug, because I don't know which 
> > one would be more appropriate.
> 
> Unfortunately I don't have the spare cycles currently to contemplate
> packaging a newer libxml++.
> 
> Pinot's upstream README lists the oldest tested libxml++ as 3.2.0 and
> changing to that would at least be a step towards being able to remove
> libxml++2.6.

I think I had misunderstood here as libxml++-3.0 doesn't seem to be
packaged either.

Cheers,
    Olly

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