#1150958 libxml2: please consider v2.15 backport to trixie

Package:
libxml2
Source:
libxml2
Description:
GNOME XML library
Submitter:
Agathe Porte
Date:
2026-10-15 08:17:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1150958#5
Date:
2026-10-15 08:14:42 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

There is currently no easy way to have a package that uses libxml2 both
in forky and trixie (via backports). trixie has 2.9 and 2.9 will be gone
in forky, per Bug#1112209 libxml2.9: do not release with forky:

https://bugs.debian.org/1112209

It means that to backport software that uses libxml2 to trixie-backports
we currently need to go back to libxml2.9, which is not ideal.

I think releasing a backport of v2.15 to trixie-backports would also
allow to backport all software that will migrate from 2.9 to 2.15 and
that want to be available in trixie via backports.

Thanks,

Agathe.