On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 11:15 PM Fabio Valentini <decathorpe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 10:36 AM Vít Ondruch <vondruch@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > Dne 25. 08. 19 v 14:06 Fabio Valentini napsal(a): > > > Hi everybody, > > > > > > Right now, the snakeyaml package in fedora is out of date by more than > > > three years (1.17, released in February 2016). We plan to merge the PR > > > rebasing it to the latest version (1.25, released this month) into > > > master / rawhide and f31. The new versions include *a lot of bug > > > fixes*, and some minor backwards-incompatible changes. > > > > > > https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/snakeyaml/pull-request/3 > > > > > > I ran test rebuilds of dependent packages in a COPR repository, and > > > every package that isn't already broken built successfully, except > > > jruby: > > > > > > https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/decathorpe/snakeyaml-pr/monitor/ > > > > > > I checked JRuby upstream vs. the jruby package in fedora, and the > > > version we ship was released in August 2015 (!). I think compatibility > > > with the latest snakeyaml versions should be fixed with 9.2.0.0 and > > > newer, according to the upstream changelog (the versioning jumped from > > > 1.7.x series to "jruby 9000", with 9.x.y.z). > > > > > > If I ran the repoqueries correctly, JRuby is also only required by two > > > packages in fedora, both related to JRuby itself (joni and > > > jruby-maven-plugins). > > > > > > Well, JRuby is Ruby interpreter and in theory can run whatever Ruby code > > available in Fedora. And better integration with other Ruby packages in > > Fedora was always the plan. > > Yeah, that's what I assumed after skimming the Ruby packaging guidelines. > > > However, the problem of JRuby is that it is written in Java and I don't > > have enough expertise, together with different priorities, to properly > > maintain the package. Given this, the situation around java and another > > dependency (properties-maven-plugin) which is currently orphaned, it is > > probably time to orphan/retire the package from Fedora .... > > According to the snakeyaml changelog, the "minor > backwards-incompatible changes" should be either slightly changed > method signatures or renamed methods. So, *in theory*, it shouldn't be > too difficult to adapt jruby to these changes. > > But I agree - if none of the people who are interested in (j)ruby have > enough Java expertise to fix this, it might really be time to orphan > or eventually retire the package. > I'm sad to say that I don't have the Java skills (nor the time) to > tackle this myself - the Java code I had to write for university > courses didn't prepare me for dealing with this ;) Turns out, it wasn't so difficult after all. https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/jruby/pull-request/1 If you think the patch is good, I can merge and build jruby for f31+ and add it to the snakeyaml 1.25 bodhi update for f31. Fabio > Fabio > > > Of course any volunteers who could help are welcome. > > > > > > Vít > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
