Hello Markus: Sorry for my late reply and thanks for your sponsorship.
On 07/01/16 11:26, Markus Koschany wrote: > Control: tags -1 moreinfo > > Am 22.12.2015 um 22:56 schrieb Jerome BENOIT: > [...] >> >> Dear Mentors: >> >> I am looking for a sponsor for the packages jpedal4-lgpl, a wide used >> Java library that allows one to manipulate PDF material. >> The concerned version of jpedal is actually frozen, but it is still >> wildly used because of its license. >> > > Hi, > > Some remarks: > > I cloned the sources from > > https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-java/jpedal4-lgpl.git/ > > The package fails to build from source, probably the same issue as with > openviewerfx, an incompatibility with bouncycastle 1.51. > > src/org/jpedal/io/CertificateReader.java:70: error: method getContent in > class RecipientInformation cannot be applied to given types; > envelopedData = recipientInfo.getContent(key, > provider); > ^ > required: Recipient > found: Key,String > reason: actual and formal argument lists differ in length > Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API. > Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details. > Note: Some input files use unchecked or unsafe operations. > Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details. > 1 error > 9 warnings > > > What is your motivation to package jpdal4-lgpl for Debian? Is this > library a requirement for something else? Why would we need jpedal4 if > the development is frozen? > > The package claims jpedal4 is actively developed but is this really > true? The homepage address of the fork is > > https://github.com/on-site/JPedal > > and I can see only two commits there and no releases. Looks pretty dead > in my opinion. You are right. Meanwhile OpenViewerFX moved to GitHub and thing get clearer for me: I am not sure that this pacakge is indeed still needed. For now I will focus on the OpenViewerFX package. The probability is high that I abandon this package: I will let you know and I will clean the place if it happens. Best regards, Jerome > > Regards, > > Markus > >