[xml/sgml-pkgs] Stepping back from the Debian XML/SGML team, effectively orphaning all my packages (docbook*, xml-core, xmlto, etc. pp)

[Daniel Leidert]

Hi,

Meeting at Debconf we discussed, how a policy compliant XML core and
package registration system could look like. I'd like to share the
results:

- a package can install one or more catalogs, which go into the package
directory in /usr/share (a catalog written by the package maintainer
can of course be added)
- all these catalogs get registered in a system wide catalog in
/var/lib/xml-core/catalog via the <nextCatalog> element for every
registered catalog
- /etc/xml/catalog becomes a file shipped as a configuration file by
xml-core, originally containing one <nextCatalog> entry pointing to
/var/lib/xml-core/catalog.

It might be possible to just adjust the existing tools in xml-core:
dh_installxmlcatalog (install catalog files - maybe simply a pseudonym
for dh_install) and update-xmlcatalog (can handle /var/lib/xml-core).

This should (a) solve the issue of not preserving user-changes - the
user can change /etc/xml/catalog, which is now handled as a
configuration file. Further it should (b) finally solve the issue, that
the 'prefer' attribute in a catalog must be considered (#763598).

Please feel free to make the change or to further improve/fix the
design (#626036, #637094, ...).

I'm finally out :) If nobody steps up, the mentioned packages will be
officially orphaned after September 2015.

Regards, Daniel


Am Freitag, den 24.07.2015, 17:40 -0400 schrieb Kristoffer Rose:
> Yes, that would be great! --Kris
> On Jul 24, 2015 5:35 PM, "Daniel Leidert" <
> daniel.leidert.spam at gmx.net> wrote:
> > Hi Kris,
> > 
> > Am Samstag, den 30.05.2015, 22:08 -0400 schrieb Kristoffer Rose:
> > > I have XML expertise, I am a DD, and I maintain nothing for now 
> > (only
> > > have a few ITPs out).
> > >
> > > Any chance you would be at DebCamp and could do a two day intense
> > > "catchup" on the involved work?
> > 
> > I'll be at DebConf. Maybe we can meet there?
> > 
> > Regards, Daniel
> >