Package: libxml-xpath-perl Version: 1.13-6 Severity: important It looks like the libxml-xpath-perl package should be phased out and eventually get removed from Debian. The module is unmaintained upstream (last release was in 2003), and there's a maintained, faster and less buggy alternative available in libxml-libxml-perl.
The codebase in XML::XPath has also been forked upstream into XML::XPathEngine with a different API. The libxml-xpathengine-perl package entered Debian in late 2007. See also the perl-xml thread starting at http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/perl-xml/3438368 I do plan to get the Debian package in a better state now that we're adopting it for the pkg-perl group. Still, I think the best solution in the long run would be to get it removed, as fixing eg. #315628 is on the borderline of diverging the API from upstream. The reverse dependencies of libxml-xpath-perl are currently * libxml-atom-perl: alternatively supports libxml-libxml-perl * libxml-twig-perl: alternatively supports libxml-xpathengine-perl * libsql-translator-perl: currently only supports libxml-xpath-perl The libxml-xpath-perl package also provides /usr/bin/xpath, which could easily be reimplemented with libxml-libxml-perl if deemed necessary. The implementation in /usr/share/doc/libxml-libxml-perl/examples/xpath.pl is already pretty close. As a first step, I suggest a deprecation warning in the libxml-xpath-perl long description and README.Debian, and filing bugs on libxml-atom-perl and libxml-twig-perl to move away from libxml-xpath-perl. I'll also look at porting libsql-translator-perl to libxml-libxml-perl. Cc'ing [EMAIL PROTECTED] for comments. Cheers, -- Niko Tyni [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
