[DRE-maint] Bug#649489: Bug#649489: Bug#649489: ruby-rdiscount: use system libmarkdown2 instead of embedded one

[Cédric Boutillier]

On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Martin Ueding <list at martin-ueding.de> wrote:
> I just cloned the rdiscount git repo, and in
> 54da94bd495fb08fdedaeb9f64d604ea91c5cc66, there is
>
>    exp = %(<ul>\n <li><a href="#Level.1">Level 1</a></li>\n <li><ul>\n
>  <li><a href="#Level.2">Level 2</a></li>\n </ul></li>\n</ul>)
>
>
> So there is the one with the period, not with a plus sign. If I read
> your test output correctly, discount gives the period, but
> ruby-rdiscount expects the plus. So this seems fixed in upstream git
> commit dc9b1ce9d764650486e812a3781122c7d96002de "update TOC tests for
> slight changes in discount 2.x".
>
> So I guess we will have to wait for a new upstream release or use the
> git/master version instead.
>
> Should I ask the upstream author to release it?
>

You could ask when the next release is scheduled. If it is not soon,
you could cherry pick the commits containing the fix, and apply them
to the source
(and add a +git.... to the upstream version number). But certainly, a
new upstream release soon zould be the simplest solution :)

Cédric