Debian Bug report logs - #335698
ITA: libxml-ruby -- Ruby interface to libxml

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

From: Andres Salomon <dilinger@debian.org>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: O: libxml-ruby -- Ruby interface to libxml

Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 09:51:01 -0400

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Severity: normal

These (libxml-ruby and libxslt-ruby) are fairly useful; however,
afaict they are no longer maintained upstream.
There is a fairly sordid history here; basically, the
original author (Sean Chittenden) stopped maintaining them around 2002
or 2003.  He licensed them under a BSD license (iirc).  In 2003,
Gregoire Lejeune started maintaining libxslt; however, he relicensed the
program under the GPL, and stripped off Sean's copyright information
(violating Sean's license); this is according to Sean, anyways.  At some
point in 2004/2005, someone named Trans Onoma imported them into the
xml-tools [1] repository, but he hasn't worked on them since 2004 or so.
I have no idea whether or not he intends to actively maintain them.

Sid still contains Sean's last releases, from 2002/2003.  I don't know
whether Gregoire's latest version even contains any of Sean's original
code; I no longer have a use for either of these packages, so I haven't
bothered to figure it out.  Whoever takes over these packages should
probably talk to the upstream (or ask on one of the ruby lists) to find
out which will actively be maintained.  Both licenses are problematic
for libraries as well, so maybe simply rewriting them from scratch under
the LGPL or 3-clause BSD would be the best way to go here.

Given the licensing pains and upstream squabbling, as well as the fact
that I don't use them anymore, I'm no longer willing to maintain them.

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Andres Salomon <dilinger@debian.org>

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Message #10 received at 335698@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Brett Smith <debian@brettcsmith.org>

To: control@bugs.debian.org, 335698@bugs.debian.org

Subject: ITA: libxml-ruby

Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 22:23:22 -0400

owner 335698 debian@brettcsmith.org
retitle 335698 ITA: libxml-ruby -- Ruby interface to libxml
thanks

It looks like the dust has settled upstream for this library.  The
canonical version seems to be <http://libxml.rubyforge.org/>.  The original
copyright notices have been restored in the source, the license is MIT/X11,
and development seems to be picking up again; there have been two releases
in two months.

I've done initial work on packaging the latest version, 0.3.8.  I'm going
to put on the finishing touches over the next couple of days, and then will
send it around for review.

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Brett Smith

Message #23 received at 335698-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Filipe Lautert <filipelautert@celepar.pr.gov.br>

To: 335698-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#335698: fixed in libxml-ruby 0.3.8-1

Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 07:18:01 -0800

Source: libxml-ruby
Source-Version: 0.3.8-1

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
libxml-ruby, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

libxml-ruby1.8_0.3.8-1_powerpc.deb
  to pool/main/libx/libxml-ruby/libxml-ruby1.8_0.3.8-1_powerpc.deb
libxml-ruby_0.3.8-1.diff.gz
  to pool/main/libx/libxml-ruby/libxml-ruby_0.3.8-1.diff.gz
libxml-ruby_0.3.8-1.dsc
  to pool/main/libx/libxml-ruby/libxml-ruby_0.3.8-1.dsc
libxml-ruby_0.3.8-1_all.deb
  to pool/main/libx/libxml-ruby/libxml-ruby_0.3.8-1_all.deb
libxml-ruby_0.3.8.orig.tar.gz
  to pool/main/libx/libxml-ruby/libxml-ruby_0.3.8.orig.tar.gz



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 335698@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
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Filipe Lautert <filipelautert@celepar.pr.gov.br> (supplier of updated libxml-ruby package)

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Format: 1.7
Date: Tue,  7 Nov 2006 21:35:12 -0300
Source: libxml-ruby
Binary: libxml-ruby libxml-ruby1.8
Architecture: source all powerpc
Version: 0.3.8-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Filipe Lautert <filipelautert@celepar.pr.gov.br>
Changed-By: Filipe Lautert <filipelautert@celepar.pr.gov.br>
Description: 
 libxml-ruby - Ruby interface to libxml
 libxml-ruby1.8 - Ruby interface to libxml
Closes: 335698
Changes: 
 libxml-ruby (0.3.8-1) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Package adopted - maintenance changed to Debian/Ruby Extras team.
     Closes: #335698.
   * Converted debian/rules to cdbs.
   * Added remove command to debian/rules that removes empty test file
     resolving litian warning.
   * Conforms to Standards version 3.7.2.
Files: 
 67ce9f85f9398fb7672f6978f07761d8 1369 interpreters optional libxml-ruby_0.3.8-1.dsc
 0f01496523ccdcaf0210004dfa860213 54755 interpreters optional libxml-ruby_0.3.8.orig.tar.gz
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