[fedora-java] Intention to retire xml-commons-apis12

[Mat Booth]

On 7 August 2013 21:09, Stanislav Ochotnicky <sochotnicky at redhat.com> wrote:

> Quoting Mat Booth (2013-08-07 12:48:02)
> > Hi,
> >
> > Would anyone object to me retiring the "xml-commons-apis12" package in
> F20?
> >
> > It is a compatibility package that has been hanging around for years that
> > provides an earlier version of the APIs provided by the
> "xml-commons-apis"
> > package.
> >
> > All packages that need these APIs should be requiring or buildrequiring
> > xml-commons-apis instead. The last remaining package in F20 that used
> this
> > package was axis and I have just committed a patch for the that allows it
> > to build against the newer xml-commons-apis.
> >
> > With no more packages in Fedora that depend on xml-commons-apis12 I would
> > like to retire it for F20 and later.
>
> I'd say: just do it. The less old cruft we have the better. We all have
> enough
> work as it is. If any new package doesn't bother to update to new xml
> APIs...then it shouldn't even be added to Fedora.
>
>
Done!

-- 
Mat Booth
http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora
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