Bug#427913: libdom4j-java: circular dependency with libjaxen-java

[Bill Allombert]

On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 08:53:52PM +0200, Marcus Better wrote:
> clone 427913 -1
> reassign -1 libjaxen-java
> found -1 1.1.1-1
> retitle -1 libjaxen-java: circular dependency with libdom4j-java
> retitle 427913 dom4j: remove jaxen code
> severity 427913 normal
> owner 427913 !
> owner -1 !
> tag -1 pending
> thanks
> 
> > There is a circular dependency between libdom4j-java and libjaxen-java:
> 
> Yes. The libraries are circularly dependent. Previously we resolved that by 
> cutting a few classes from jaxen and pasting them into dom4j, but I reverted 
> that in the last upload. It wasn't very maintainable. If the classes in dom4j 
> ever get out of sync with the jaxen package we may get trouble, so we would 
> need to introduce hard versioned dependencies, which would defeat the purpose 
> of the whole exercise...
> 
> I believe that jaxen should only Recommend dom4j, which should be solve the 
> problem, right?

As far as dpkg/apt are concerned, Recommend are merely advisory, so yes
this would not cause a circular dependency.

The issue is rather whether there are packages that depend only on
libjaxen-java. Then they should be changed to depend on libdom4j-java.

Cheers,
Bill.