Bug#1034824: tomcat9 should not be released with Bookworm

[Emmanuel Bourg]

Hi Paul,

Le 2023-05-11 21:44, Paul Gevers a écrit :

> From a quick look at the key packages:
> 
> It seems you didn't follow up (86 days) on libcommons-dbcp-java which
> can't migrate to bookworm because it would make libbiojava-java-doc
> uninstallable (no fix there, no bug report filed).

I have to apology for this one, I forgot to check the transition of
libcommons-dbcp-java. Is it still possible to remove libbiojava-java-doc
to fix this (very low popcon and unused like the other -java-doc 
package)?


> src:tiles also build-depends on libtomcat9-java, with no bug filed for
> the migration to tomcat10 *and* it having it's own FTBFS bug. (It's
> key because of src:libspring-java)

I remember pulling my hair on src:tiles to make it build with OpenJDK 
17,
without success unfortunately (#1011597). The project is dead upstream,
that doesn't help. Patching src:libspring-java and removing src:tiles
is likely the next step.


> On IRC carnil and jmm_ suggested that src:tomcat9 could be left in
> bookworm but have it's server component stripped. Would that help the
> situation?

I agree, this is a good compromise.


Emmanuel Bourg