[xml/sgml-pkgs] Re: Status of packages docbook-utils and docbook2x ?

Simon Paillard simon.paillard at resel.enst-bretagne.fr
Mon Dec 11 14:50:47 UTC 2006


Hello,

Etch is upcoming, so I worry about the good working of the docbook2man
command.

Do the SGML team or the QA team plan something for docbook-utils and
docbook2x ?

Regards,

-- 
Simon Paillard

On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 11:21:06PM +0100, Simon Paillard wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> docbook2x version 0.8.7 was released on April 18, 2006, while the last
> upload of the debian packages was on Sun, 18 Jul 2004, see #292046.
> 
> The last docbook-utils upstream release was in Nov 2004, so was the last
> Debian upload, despite the patches that have been send : #394511 #399947
> #214982 ..
> 
> Since docbook-utils is dead upstream and suffers of grave bugs like
> #399947, an up to date docbook2x would be very helpful in debian !
> 
> Actually, it really prevent people for providing documentation easily
> (at least in my case, I had to use tricks to avoid a broken manpage),
> since no docbook2man is correctly working.
> 
> Since docbook2x is very active and manages both xml and sgml docbook, it
> would be great to have it up to date :-)
> 
> I have no experience in maintaining packages, so I can't be very
> helpfull in preparing an upload..
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -- 
> Simon Paillard



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