Bug#593932: libxml-sax-writer-perl: Patches need reviewing

[Nicholas Bamber]

Package: libxml-sax-writer-perl
Version: 0.52-1
Severity: normal


There are patches in this module which
* were not forwarded upstream
* although they look plausible no real evidence on why
they are needed was collected
* The developer who put them in has moved on.
* If required then the upstream developer really ought to know about them but 
he deserves some evidence rather than having to look at them cold.
I am particularly thinking of

file_consumer_encoding.patch
quote_xml_version.patch

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages libxml-sax-writer-perl depends on:
ii  libtext-iconv-perl           1.7-2       converts between character sets in
ii  libxml-filter-buffertext-per 1.01-5      Perl module for putting all charac
ii  libxml-namespacesupport-perl 1.09-3      Perl module for supporting simple 
ii  libxml-sax-perl              0.96+dfsg-2 Perl module for using and building
ii  perl                         5.10.1-14   Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 

libxml-sax-writer-perl recommends no packages.

libxml-sax-writer-perl suggests no packages.

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