Re: pkg/47488: textproc/xalan-c got removed; find replacement in wip/xalan-c

[Noud de Brouwer <noud4%home.nl@localhost>]

On Wed, 2013-01-23 at 10:05 +0000, David Holland wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR pkg/47488; it has been noted by GNATS.
> 
> From: David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
> To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
> Cc: 
> Subject: Re: pkg/47488: textproc/xalan-c got removed; find replacement in
>  wip/xalan-c
> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:00:00 +0000
> 
>  On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 02:55:03PM +0000, Jonathan A. Kollasch wrote:
>   > From: "Jonathan A. Kollasch" <jakllsch%kollasch.net@localhost>
>   > To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
>   > Cc: pkg-manager%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, 
> pkgsrc-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
>   > Subject: Re: pkg/47488: textproc/xalan-c got removed; find replacement in
>   >  wip/xalan-c
>   > Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 08:50:49 -0600
>   > 
>   >  See
>   >  http://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-changes/2011/02/23/msg052329.html
>   >  , is textproc/xqilla not a sufficient successor?
>  
>  xqilla was a successor for libpathan, not xalan-c.
>  
>  I don't think any explanation or discussion of the removal of xalan-c
>  ever appeared, other than it was (perhaps>) failing in (some?) bulk
>  builds.
>  
>  That said, it was nearly two years ago...
>  
>  -- 
>  David A. Holland
>  dholland%netbsd.org@localhost
>  

failing, or the packager/ster failed to get xalan-c working again maybe?

and yes, pardon, two years. i am a bit late on-the-subject is it?,
but still .. pls some-one pull-up wip/xalan-c (or an other replacement).


(if i mail-index.n .. search "textproc/xqilla 2011", i get 4 hits now,
bottum-up:
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-bulk/2011/08/07/msg008303.html
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-changes/2011/02/23/msg052328.html
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-bugs/2013/01/22/msg050393.html
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-bugs/2013/01/22/msg050399.html
(these all not so relevant but still))

-- noud