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fop package

Please add dependency on ant-optional

Bug #257215 reported by Onkar Shinde
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fop (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: fop

Yesterday I tried a simple docbook to PDF conversion with help of XSL-FO transformation and fop. fop shows some class not found error. I don't exactly remember the class name but as far as I remember it is part of ant-trax.jar which in turn is part of ant-optional package.

So I suggest to add a depends (preferably) or recommends on ant-optional.

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Alessio Treglia (quadrispro) wrote :

I'm working on it

Changed in fop:
assignee: nobody → quadrispro
status: New → In Progress
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Alessio Treglia (quadrispro) wrote :

debdiff attached

Changed in fop:
assignee: quadrispro → nobody
status: In Progress → Confirmed
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Onkar Shinde (onkarshinde) wrote :

Even though this was not part of the original bug description can you please also change build dependency to 'default-jdk' and runtime dependency to 'default-jre | java2-runtime'. Make sure that teh package builds with 'default-jdk' as build dependency.

Onkar Shinde (onkarshinde)
Changed in fop:
assignee: nobody → quadrispro
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Onkar Shinde (onkarshinde) wrote :

I might not be entirely correct about this problem. It just occurred to me that the ant-trax.jar might only be required by the ant task provided by fop (class org.apache.fop.tools.anttasks.Fop). Please hold any more work on this bug while I verify if it is possible to run fop standalone without ant-optional.

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Onkar Shinde (onkarshinde) wrote :

I have verified that it is possible to use fop without ant-optional dependency. So it is just the ant task provided by fop that needs ant-optional.

Let's consider what other options we have.
1. Add ant-optional to recommends of fop.
2. Patch the source package to build the ant task in separate jar, make a separate binary package out of it, call it fop-ant and then add dependency ant-optional to that package.

I prefer 2nd option. Let me know what you guys think.

Alessio Treglia (quadrispro)
Changed in fop:
assignee: quadrispro → nobody
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Alessio Treglia (quadrispro) wrote :

1st solution debdiff

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Alessio Treglia (quadrispro) wrote :

I prefer the 1st solution proposed by Onkar Shinde because I think that a fop-ant package could be unnecessary.

Alessio Treglia (quadrispro)
Changed in fop:
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
Nick Ellery (nick.ellery)
Changed in fop:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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James Westby (james-w) wrote :

Hi,

Have you considered a "Suggests"?

I think this should be fixed through Debian, please forward the
issue to the Debian bug tracker and discuss the problem with
them.

I'm un-subscribing the sponsors team for now. If you have a fix
from Debian that you want in Intrepid please re-subscribe. If
you disagree with my assessment then please re-subscribe and
someone else will take a look.

Thanks,

James

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Onkar Shinde (onkarshinde) wrote :

I myself now don't think it is valid request. fop is usable on it's own, it is just the ant task of fop that needs ant/ant-optional.

Changed in fop (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Invalid
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