Path: csiph.com!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!news.in-chemnitz.de!news2.arglkargh.de!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Gilles Filippini Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.java Subject: Re: jflex package Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 01:20:03 +0200 Message-ID: References: X-Original-To: debian-java@lists.debian.org X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-java-request@lists.debian.org Sat Apr 25 23:13:18 2020 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-12.6 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, FOURLA=0.1, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, PGPSIGNATURE=-5, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate: -3.5 X-Originating-IP: 82.64.204.161 Autocrypt: addr=pini@debian.org; prefer-encrypt=mutual; keydata= mQENBEodEFABCACzPp/Veq9REEcswZBugoAAFi/1MFHPTHV9iZmnz6YOmjPwupYogaAKntpq ArCM72LOf+1XSbWVf300nzvus+bmGLXECUuCtjZmIuWraMZMaqSZE5ydpFjf2BQ5rPDSSIWg LQpn6Or4OOcoa4QNPnLr2yzx2yIAd/be2ke9Xwq9f+5moRb/JGM6IDtXvJnmelglNLtWW+T+ aLMk4VU0TSVmqdf4e90SyGjCkTKltLOP4vv/J9Uh/0uIwx6Kb9RQqmJh+uDGpEQFeDfHsZEq K6yL0Jhfby2OdS9m/s6O+849YVY1wGLQscgLu+ynlBZDykX6kFdPmScY/49tpf/Rl1ENABEB AAG0IkdpbGxlcyBGaWxpcHBpbmkgPHBpbmlAZGViaWFuLm9yZz6JAVQEEwEIAD4CGw8FCwkI BwMFFQoJCAsFFgIDAQACHgECF4AWIQSgk5vMCsMTTla0jJHv6Gxsf/7PgwUCWxWJSwUJFLrf 8gAKCRDv6Gxsf/7Pg6cyB/kBDsiQm+A8xugLOCDADz/qibcAxAMfHz2pseMg6k0hGii7+7g0 oYb+suWBVT5FRIWR7aiKNLFB2zpA7qXelEdwJn9h25amO0fwdSSu0ZgBaSL+imp08eo+QVDV ZKdgNdT0NuX1t7s/EAEyz/J6RRYumU2vRQmanqqjL2wZaA4wyBP0cEBsvaxcvtUqKiQfh7FA 08IGDHyNBmtqvKlkfCBMMjjWRxukHSQTmuzWtF8tv/zyxRfMDcN5nwSmwhnDKSoel21CN9k0 DkqNLVUxR9sBRUZtt/5ztnDfS2MFUFU4HPSvtjQWd6AUsdlBbMe0jPv9b44naUnPEHct6BF1 9RUN User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="zT4Za0XZLY3fQt89I6CXVBoU1hx3cQpEq" X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/22149 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/41367e72-b7cc-bbd9-91fc-248b90264b29@debian.org Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 77 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 01:02:49 +0200 X-Original-Message-ID: <41367e72-b7cc-bbd9-91fc-248b90264b29@debian.org> X-Original-References: <8fdb6860-d263-9d73-26ef-16c472bdb2c6@debian.org> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.java:11581 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --zT4Za0XZLY3fQt89I6CXVBoU1hx3cQpEq Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="ONsyb59fiYOPAxqxm0UwXDTqEF6IgqPcN" --ONsyb59fiYOPAxqxm0UwXDTqEF6IgqPcN Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Markus Koschany a =C3=A9crit le 25/04/2020 =C3=A0 23:46=C2=A0: > Hi, >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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 tho= ugh. 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 hassl= e. 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