Adopting libapache-mod-jk and libapache2-mod-jk2

[Wolfgang Baer]

Hi Guus,

Guus Sliepen wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> libapache-mod-jk is horribly outdated (latest version is 1.2.14.1),
> and mod-jk2 had been deprecated and replaced by mod-jk. This has already
> been reported (see the bugs filed against these packages).

Yes, we are aware of that.

> Unless you have objections or if work has already been started to
> resolve these issues, I intend to create a new source package,
> jakarta-tomcat-connectors, which will provide at least two binary
> packages: libapache-mod-jk and libapache2-mod-jk.

Work has already started and packages are mostly ready. I was on
vacation the last two weeks and there are some more packages which need
attention (we can always need helping hands with java related
packages in debian)

Short story: If you are interested in helping out you are really
welcome to comaintain the tomcat connectors together with us in
the pkg-java project.

I will provide you with the packages when I come home from work this
evening. They mostly need some testing and I would also be glad to
receive some comments on how a possible transition from the "old"
mod-jk2 packages to the "new" mod-jk package for apache2 could
be made (if possible at all).

Until this evening,

Regards,
Wolfgang