Re: docbook-xsl URL mess
Peter Eisentraut <[email protected]>
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I have filed an issue: https://github.com/docbook/xslt10-stylesheets/issues/201 I tried implementing this, but struggled with the build system. So it's just the issue for now. On 2020-06-08 18:00, Bob Stayton wrote: > Yes, this needs to be fixed. I'm cleaning up pull requests and issues > and will be making a new release soon. Could you please file an issue > on the DocBook XSL github with your recommended fix: > > https://github.com/docbook/xslt10-stylesheets/ > > Bob Stayton > [email protected] > > On 6/8/2020 12:02 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote: >> In docbook-xsl 1.79.2, the system identifier was changed from >> >> http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/... >> >> to >> >> http://cdn.docbook.org/release/xsl/current/... >> >> However, this was done in a backward-incompatible way. So now, in >> your customization layer or build system, you have to pick one of >> these URLs, and users who have a different docbook-xsl version >> installed locally will suffer, either because the stylesheets have to >> be fetched from a remote server, or the build will fail entirely. >> >> This didn't use to be a real problem in practice because 1.79.2 saw >> very little adoption, but it's now trickling into various >> distributions and packagings, and it's becoming a real source of >> frequent build problems. >> >> This should be fixed by making the supplied catalog files include >> backward-compatible mappings. However, it seems after 1.79.2, >> docbook-xsl went unmaintained, so we are now stuck in this limbo. >> >> Is anybody in a position to get this fixed and get a new patch release >> out soon please? >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >>