Bug#495104: libxml-commons-resolver1.1-java: Request to add a patch with a new API

[Yulia Novozhilova]

Package: libxml-commons-resolver1.1-java
Version: 1.2-2
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch

Hi,
resolver.jar is a third party library being used in netbeans.
But it needs to be patched to cater to NetBeans needs.
There are three ways:
1) vote for a new API on commons-dev at xml.apache.org.
2) create forked package for patched resolver
3) request the original libxml-commons-resolver1.1-jaqva package to add
our patch

Results:
1) a letter on commons-dev at xml.apache.org was sent.
The answer was:
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Since the 1.2 release there hasn't been any discussion on future
development or any changes made to the resolver codebase. There
currently are no plans for a 1.3. If one were happen it needs content
and volunteers to do the development and release managment.
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Based on this, it seems to be not the fastest way.

2) I've created a forked resolver. It is on mentors.debian.net now. But
I'm afraid it can be rejected because of duplication of code.

3) this bug is a result

So is it possible to add my patch into existing package?

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages libxml-commons-resolver1.1-java depends on:
ii  default-jre [java2-runtime]   1.5-30     Standard Java or Java
compatible R
ii  java-gcj-compat [java2-runtim 1.0.78-1   Java runtime environment
using GIJ
ii  openjdk-6-jre [java2-runtime] 6b10dfsg-2 OpenJDK Java runtime

libxml-commons-resolver1.1-java recommends no packages.

Versions of packages libxml-commons-resolver1.1-java suggests:
pn  libxml-commons-resolver1.1-ja <none>     (no description available)

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