Bug#1107520: libhtml5parser-java: Update to a more recent version?

[Fab Stz]

Package: libhtml5parser-java
Version: 1.4+r1.3.1-3
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

While trying to build/package vnu.jar v23.4.11 [2] I wanted to use the
htmlparser.jar that is shipped in Debian. However build fails when using the
version in Debian, likely because some interfaces have apparently changed. The
version shipped in Debian is dated 2011 (if it really is 1.3.1) or 2021 (if it
is 1.4).

I'm not sure but is seems the project was forked? See [1].

The only reverse dependency of this package in Debian is librdfa-java and
nothing depends on librdfa-java.

There have been multiple commits on that repo although there has been no new
release/tag.

Do you think this package could be updated, or shall I rather use the copy
shipped in vnu and just ignore debian's htmlparser.jar? vnu uses submodules 
and
references some particular commits of htmlparser, sometimes it refers to a
specific branch (depending on the tag/version of vnu).

Note I also filed a request upstream to replace jchardet by a dependency on a 
package that exists in Debian. [3]

[1] https://github.com/validator/htmlparser
[2] https://github.com/validator/validator
[3] https://github.com/validator/htmlparser/issues/95

Regards
Fab


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.11
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (991, 'stable-updates'), (991, 'stable-security'), (991, 
'stable'), (990, 'proposed-updates'), (390, 'oldstable-security'), (390, 
'oldstable'), (389, 'oldstable-updates'), (380, 'oldoldstable'), (379, 
'oldoldstable-updates'), (370, 'oldoldstable'), (95, 'testing'), (94, 
'unstable'), (93, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-37-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_WARN, TAINT_OOT_MODULE
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), 
LANGUAGE=fr:en_US
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

libhtml5parser-java depends on no packages.

libhtml5parser-java recommends no packages.

Versions of packages libhtml5parser-java suggests:
pn  libhtml5parser-java-doc  <none>
ii  libicu4j-java            72.1-1
ii  libxom-java              1.3.8-1
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