[xml/sgml-pkgs] Bug#1150958: libxml2: please consider v2.15 backport to trixie

Agathe Porte agathe.porte at oss.qualcomm.com
Thu Oct 15 09:14:42 BST 2026


Package: libxml2
Version: 2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-2.4
Severity: wishlist
X-Debbugs-Cc: agathe.porte at oss.qualcomm.com

Dear Maintainer,

There is currently no easy way to have a package that uses libxml2 both
in forky and trixie (via backports). trixie has 2.9 and 2.9 will be gone
in forky, per Bug#1112209 libxml2.9: do not release with forky:

https://bugs.debian.org/1112209

It means that to backport software that uses libxml2 to trixie-backports
we currently need to go back to libxml2.9, which is not ideal.

I think releasing a backport of v2.15 to trixie-backports would also
allow to backport all software that will migrate from 2.9 to 2.15 and
that want to be available in trixie via backports.

Thanks,

Agathe.



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