Bug#528081: xerces-j: Please remove build-dep on jikes

2009-05-11 Thread Barry deFreese
Eric Lavarde wrote: Hi, sounds to me that the best resolution would be to remove xerces-j as well: no software depends on it (says 'apt-cache showpkg'), and it's been superseded by xerces2 since ages (also upstream). I'm no DD but let me know if I can help. Eric Barry deFreese wrote: Pack

Bug#528081: xerces-j: Please remove build-dep on jikes

2009-05-10 Thread Eric Lavarde
Hi, sounds to me that the best resolution would be to remove xerces-j as well: no software depends on it (says 'apt-cache showpkg'), and it's been superseded by xerces2 since ages (also upstream). I'm no DD but let me know if I can help. Eric Barry deFreese wrote: Package: xerces-j Version

Bug#528081: xerces-j: Please remove build-dep on jikes

2009-05-10 Thread Barry deFreese
Package: xerces-j Version: 1.4.4-4 Severity: important Hi, jikes is orphaned, unmaintained, and buggy and therefore we are trying to remove it from the archive. xerces-j currently build-depends on jikes. Could you please try to build with one of the other java compilers and remove the jikes bu