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Re: jflex package

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From	Gilles Filippini <pini@debian.org>
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Subject	Re: jflex package
Date	Sun, 26 Apr 2020 01:20:03 +0200
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Markus Koschany a écrit le 25/04/2020 à 23:46 :
> Hi,
> 
> Am 25.04.20 um 17:51 schrieb Gilles Filippini:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is the jflex package still maintained? It has no upload since 2018 and
>> new releases are out, the last one being 1.8.1.
>> BTW I wonder why the source package is built from the upstream binary
>> distribution tarball instead of the source one. The latter ships
>> jflex-maven-plugin which could be packaged as well.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> _g.
> 
> I am still active even if I don't currently make as many changes as I
> did one or two years ago. I have added myself to uploaders back in 2016
> because the package was unmaintained and we needed an update. JFlex
> 1.8.1 was only released two months ago. I usually hesitate to update
> packages like jflex because we gain very little by doing so. This
> package is mostly required for building packages. There is not really a
> user visible exposure. As long as it works as expected, I believe we
> don't need to update it more than once per release cycle, if at all.
> 
> I don't remember anymore how I build the package but from the rules and
> control file I assume that we have to be very careful because jflex
> build-depends on itself. It is a bit tricky to really build it from
> scratch. Anyways if you want to make changes, please do so if it makes
> Debian better. Don't forget to check the reverse-build-dependencies though.

Thanks for these explanations. I'd like to have jflex-maven-plugin
packaged as well, but it implies building from the full source tarball
[1] which holds a few other subprojects. Not sure if it's worth the hassle.

[1] https://github.com/jflex-de/jflex/archive/v1.8.1.tar.gz

Best,

_g.

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jflex package Gilles Filippini <pini@debian.org> - 2020-04-25 18:00 +0200
  Re: jflex package Markus Koschany <apo@debian.org> - 2020-04-26 00:00 +0200
    Re: jflex package Gilles Filippini <pini@debian.org> - 2020-04-26 01:20 +0200
      Re: jflex package Markus Koschany <apo@debian.org> - 2020-04-26 14:10 +0200

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