Bug#1026666: Please make liblog4j2-java depend on junit5

[tony mancill]

Hi Pierre,

On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 07:31:30AM +0100, Pierre Gruet wrote:
> Hi tony,
> 
> Le 21/12/2022 à 22:58, tony mancill a écrit :
> > On Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 11:45:54PM +0100, Pierre Gruet wrote:
> > > Control: retitle -1 Please make liblog4j2-java depend on junit5
> > > 
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > In version 2.19.0-1 of liblog4j2-java, the file
> > > 	/usr/share/maven-repo/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j/debian/log4j-debian.pom
> > > declares the junit-bom artifact as a dependency. It is shipped in junit5.
> > > 
> > > If this dependency is not added, reverse dependencies of liglog4j2-java fail
> > > to build (see logs above) as the junit-bom artifact is not found.
> > 
> > Hi Pierre,
> > 
> > I'm wondering if it wouldn't better to remove junit-bom from log4j pom.
> > I don't believe we actually need junit5 at runtime for log4j2, so
> > packages depending on liblog4j2-java should not have to install junit5.
> > 
> > Any concerns with taking that approach and addressing the bug by
> > adjusting the pom shipped with liblog4j2-java?
> 
> Thanks for having a look; I haven't looked further but I also fail to
> imagine why junit5 would be needed, so I agree with the proposed fix!

I am spot-checking a few of the reverse dependencies now and will upload
today.  Thank you for identifying the root cause for this set of build
failures.

Cheers,
tony
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