[xml/sgml-pkgs] Bug#876308: libxml2 FTBFS: rename: "Unknown option: vf"

[Mattia Rizzolo]

On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 12:41:53PM +0200, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo wrote:
> >> libxslt needed also to add "rename" as B-D, which I added in a recent
> >> NMU.
> >
> > About that, next time please consider using the delayed queue, and for
> > packages where I'm somehow involved consider also picking the unreleased
> > changes from the git repositories :)
> 
> Sorry about that Mattia.  Since there almost no uploads in the last
> year (other than fixes for old suites), and the FTBFS bug open for 2
> or 3 weeks without replies, I thought that the package was a bit
> behind in maintenance

Yes, it is definitly under-maintained…  (as libxml2 is, btw) :(
That's why, don't get me wrong, I'm very happy you NMUed it!  I just
hoped you could give a notice before it landed, so I could suggest you
picked the unreleased VCS changes :)

-- 
regards,
                        Mattia Rizzolo

GPG Key: 66AE 2B4A FCCF 3F52 DA18  4D18 4B04 3FCD B944 4540      .''`.
more about me:  https://mapreri.org                             : :'  :
Launchpad user: https://launchpad.net/~mapreri                  `. `'`
Debian QA page: https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=mattia  `-
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 833 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/debian-xml-sgml-pkgs/attachments/20171015/4d4de808/attachment.sig>