[arch-general] libxml2 out of date

[Armin K.]

On 05/02/2013 03:20 AM, Anatol Pomozov wrote:
> Hi
>
> On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Anatol Pomozov
> <anatol.pomozov at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 5:49 AM, Hussam Al-Tayeb <hussam at visp.net.lb> wrote:
>>> On Tuesday 23 April 2013 09:05:33 Ross Lagerwall wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Is there a reason (other than lack of time) that libxml2 has not been
>>>> updated from 2.8 to 2.9 (now 2.9.1)?
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>
>>> As far as I can tell, it breaks a lot of applications.
>>
>> I believe the next question is "Hussam, Jan is there anything we can
>> do to make libxml2 upgrade happen?"
>
> Let me put this statement other way: I have some time that I would
> like to contribute it back to Linux Arch. Trying to resolve libxml2
> upgrade issues seems a useful task. Could anyone provide me more
> information about libxml upgrade problems? Jan, you are the maintainer
> should know it. If it brakes apps then could you give me the list?
> I'll try to look at it.
>

I would like to help there too. I wanted to email the maintainer about 
libxslt and cyrus-sasl packages and see how can I help to resolve the 
issues that prevent the packages from being upgraded. Count me in.

FYI, I've already upgraded those packages on another distro and they 
appear to work flawlessly.