Please Update/pack the jabref 2.5

Confirmed. Jaunty currently has 2.3.1.

2.4.2 is the latest upstream stable version:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=92314&package_id=97632&release_id=637373

On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:29:26 -0000, Fabio wrote:

> Intrepid version of jabref is still the 2.3.1 which carries a bug in the
> pdf database synchronization, that makes quite unusable the automatic
> pdf sync. From 1st September the 2.4 branch, which resolves this
> problem, is available (2.4.1/sept 2.4.2/oct 2.4.3/nov). Please update
> the package in the repository.

The 2.4 branch needs a bunch of additional java libraries which have
not yet been packaged.

Cf. http://bugs.debian.org/497897

Cheers,
gregor (jabref maintainer in Debian)
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JabRef Package Hack.

 I have not applied patches from SF for version 2.4.2. The package can be installed on Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10 (arch-i686). The MySQL export will not be functional, please check bug reports on SourceForge.

It is a hack from 2.3.1-5 ubuntu-src package to 2.4.2-src package downloaded from SF, I did not have any build problems related to missing libraries, although had only 2.3.1-5 build-deps installed.

On Tue, 26 May 2009 09:11:19 -0000, patrix wrote:

> It is a hack from 2.3.1-5 ubuntu-src package to 2.4.2-src package
> downloaded from SF, I did not have any build problems related to
> missing libraries, although had only 2.3.1-5 build-deps installed.

I'm not surprised that there were no build problems, because the
needed libraries are shipped (pre-compiled, as .jars) in the lib/
directory of the JabRef tarball.

This doesn't not work under Debian Policy, that's why we need to
create packages for all of them.

(Please note that I can't make any statements about Ubuntu policy.)

Cheers,
gregor

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I had checked the src before making package it had all that was needed jgoodies & other libraries. I am not aware of policy process but this is as I said "Hack", for someone who wants to use it. I do understand packaging all those libraries with JabREf is not the right way to do it , as this libraries are probably only used and not maintained by JabRef.

I had ubuntu in mind when I made the package, since I used previous source from ubuntu repository to understand the packaging logistics. Btw version 2.4.2 has been in existance for quite a while now.

 jabref (2.5-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New upstream release (closes: #497897, LP: #301327). This version also
     fixes the following Debian bugs:
     - "field data lost when switching tabs without leaving field first"
       (closes: #498926)
     - "jumps back to previously edited entry when clicking title field"
       (closes: #447772)
     - "File type detection of downloaded files should use MIME type"
       (closes: #448028)
     - "autocompletion for crossref fields"
       (closes: #481503)
     - "text selection visual bug" (closes: #527323)
     - "auto-completion in author field wrong" (closes: #442476)
   * Add new build and runtime dependencies: libmysql-java,
     libcommons-logging-java, libjpf-java, libjpfcodegen-java, velocity.
   * Switch to debhelper 7; adjust debian/{compat,control,rules}.
   * Rename a couple of files in debian/ to debian/jabref.foo for consistency.
   * Adjust debian/jabref.links and debian/jabref.install to new jar file.
   * Update /usr/bin/jabref to use the new libs.
   * Update manpage.
   * Update package/program description in debian/control and in jabref.1
     according to the upstream README.
   * Update debian/copyright.
   * Patches:
     - update 01_free_javac.patch, 02_libs.patch, 03_external_apps.patch,
       05_antlr.patch
     - remove 04_HONOR_DISPLAY_PROPERTIES.patch, not needed any more
     - remove 06_forms_groups.patch, applied upstream
     - add new 06_BibtexEntry.patch
   * Set Standards-Version to 3.8.3.
   * Thanks a lot to Philip Rinn for his great help in preparing this release,
     especially with the patches, dependencies, and the wrapper script!

 -- gregor herrmann <email address hidden> Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:01:22 +0200

I'm glad to see that Debian has now jabref 2.5. I hope it's also getting into karmic. Or do we have to wait for Lucid Lynx?

Jabref 2.5 built fine on my-ppa. Please test it and give feedback.

This bug was fixed in the package jabref - 2.5-1ubuntu1

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jabref (2.5-1ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low

  * Merge from debian testing, remaining changes:
  * debian/control
    - Change build dependency default-jdk-builddep to default-jdk.

jabref (2.5-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release (closes: #497897, LP: #301327). This version also
    fixes the following Debian bugs:
    - "field data lost when switching tabs without leaving field first"
      (closes: #498926)
    - "jumps back to previously edited entry when clicking title field"
      (closes: #447772)
    - "File type detection of downloaded files should use MIME type"
      (closes: #448028)
    - "autocompletion for crossref fields"
      (closes: #481503)
    - "text selection visual bug" (closes: #527323)
    - "auto-completion in author field wrong" (closes: #442476)
  * Add new build and runtime dependencies: libmysql-java,
    libcommons-logging-java, libjpf-java, libjpfcodegen-java, velocity.
  * Switch to debhelper 7; adjust debian/{compat,control,rules}.
  * Rename a couple of files in debian/ to debian/jabref.foo for consistency.
  * Adjust debian/jabref.links and debian/jabref.install to new jar file.
  * Update /usr/bin/jabref to use the new libs.
  * Update manpage.
  * Update package/program description in debian/control and in jabref.1
    according to the upstream README.
  * Update debian/copyright.
  * Patches:
    - update 01_free_javac.patch, 02_libs.patch, 03_external_apps.patch,
      05_antlr.patch
    - remove 04_HONOR_DISPLAY_PROPERTIES.patch, not needed any more
    - remove 06_forms_groups.patch, applied upstream
    - add new 06_BibtexEntry.patch
  * Set Standards-Version to 3.8.3.
  * Thanks a lot to Philip Rinn for his great help in preparing this release,
    especially with the patches, dependencies, and the wrapper script!
 -- Onkar Shinde <email address hidden> Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:39:35 +0530

Please backport the upgraded package to the LTS release Karmic too. Thank you very much.

Erwin, Karmic is not a LTS release. However, you can install jabref 2.5 from my ppa.

Artur, thank you very much. I was not aware of Karmic not being LTS. This explains the many bugs after the upgrade...

Artur Rona --

your PPA for jabref is no longer supported? When I visit https://launchpad.net/~ari-tczew/+archive/jabref it shows nothing. Where can I look to get the newer version?

I've reuploaded packages into my jabref PPA. Check again.

Dnia 2009-12-26, sob o godzinie 20:35 +0000, Trochee pisze:
> Artur Rona --
>
> your PPA for jabref is no longer supported? When I visit
> https://launchpad.net/~ari-tczew/+archive/jabref it shows nothing.
> Where can I look to get the newer version?
>