Bug#1026666: Please make liblog4j2-java depend on junit5

[Pierre Gruet]

Hi tony,

Le 21/12/2022 à 22:58, tony mancill a écrit :
> On Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 11:45:54PM +0100, Pierre Gruet wrote:
>> Control: retitle -1 Please make liblog4j2-java depend on junit5
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> In version 2.19.0-1 of liblog4j2-java, the file
>> 	/usr/share/maven-repo/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j/debian/log4j-debian.pom
>> declares the junit-bom artifact as a dependency. It is shipped in junit5.
>>
>> If this dependency is not added, reverse dependencies of liglog4j2-java fail
>> to build (see logs above) as the junit-bom artifact is not found.
> 
> Hi Pierre,
> 
> I'm wondering if it wouldn't better to remove junit-bom from log4j pom.
> I don't believe we actually need junit5 at runtime for log4j2, so
> packages depending on liblog4j2-java should not have to install junit5.
> 
> Any concerns with taking that approach and addressing the bug by
> adjusting the pom shipped with liblog4j2-java?

Thanks for having a look; I haven't looked further but I also fail to 
imagine why junit5 would be needed, so I agree with the proposed fix!

> 
> Thanks,
> tony

Cheers,

-- 
Pierre
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