[Koha-bugs] [Bug 11190] sitemap.pl -- Generate a catalog sitemap

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http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=11190

--- Comment #56 from Galen Charlton <gmcharlt at gmail.com> ---
I have decided to exclude the patches for this bug from the package for 3.20.6,
as I will not build packages if 'make test' fails... which it now does during
package construction in 3.20.x.

This is because the new dependencies are required for Koha::Sitemap to compile
(as is tested by t/00-load.t).  I will not add new dependencies because doing
so would break apt-get upgrade for the oldstable stream.

It was contrary to custom to backport a new feature to a maintenance branch to
begin with.  While, of course, there is room for some discretion on the part of
the RMaint, for the new package maintainer -- i.e. me, adding new dependencies
to the package for a maintenance release is a no-go for anything short of a
major security issue that has no other plausible solution.

The sitemaps feature is not, of course, a security issue.  In the case of
3.14.10, which I think was the last time a dist-upgrade was forced for a
maintenance release, the patches for bug 8044 at least had the promise of
expanding the scope of I18N (although I note that that promise has yet to be
fulfilled).

I realize that this puts folks in an awkward position.  I would prefer that
11190 be reverted from 3.20.x as a matter of policy; alternative approaches to
deliver the functionality to users who are not yet ready to upgrade to 3.22.x
include establishing a contrib package for the sitemap generator; and if needs
must, I can revisit my decision for 3.20.7.

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