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+xmlenc-0.52.tgz
+/xmlenc-0.53-src-git.tar.xz
+/xmlenc-0.53.tar.gz
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-Orphaned for 6+ weeks
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+--- build.xml 2005-12-23 12:16:03.000000000 +0100
++++ build.xml-gil 2012-09-25 20:47:04.972937559 +0200
+@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
+
+
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+-
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+
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+@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@
+ debug="${javac.debug}"
+ deprecation="${javac.deprecation}"
+ optimize="${javac.optimize}"
++ source="${javac.targetvm}"
+ target="${javac.targetvm}" />
+
+
diff --git a/xmlenc-0.52.pom b/xmlenc-0.52.pom
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+
+
+ 4.0.0
+ xmlenc
+ xmlenc
+ 0.52
+ jar
+ xmlenc Library
+ http://xmlenc.sourceforge.net
+ xmlenc Library
+
+
+ The BSD License
+ http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
+ repo
+
+
+
+ http://xmlenc.cvs.sourceforge.net/xmlenc/
+
+
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+Name: xmlenc
+Version: 0.53
+Release: 12%{?dist}
+Summary: Light-weight XML output library for Java
+License: BSD
+# http://xmlenc.sourceforge.net/
+URL: https://github.com/znerd/xmlenc/
+Source0: https://github.com/znerd/xmlenc/archive/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+
+BuildRequires: mvn(org.znerd:znerd-oss-parent:pom:)
+# test deps
+BuildRequires: mvn(junit:junit)
+
+BuildRequires: maven-local
+BuildRequires: maven-enforcer-plugin
+# required by enforcer-plugin
+BuildRequires: mvn(org.apache.maven.shared:maven-common-artifact-filters)
+BuildRequires: mvn(org.apache.maven.shared:maven-shared-components:pom:)
+BuildArch: noarch
+
+%description
+This library is a fast stream-based XML output library for Java.
+Main design goals are performance, simplicity and pureness.
+
+%package javadoc
+Summary: Javadoc for %{name}
+
+%description javadoc
+This package contains the API documentation for %{name}
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n %{name}-%{name}-%{version}
+
+find . -name "*.class" -delete
+find . -name ".*" -delete
+find . -name "*.jar" -type f -delete
+
+%mvn_file : %{name}
+%mvn_alias : "%{name}:%{name}"
+
+%build
+
+%mvn_build
+
+%install
+%mvn_install
+
+%files -f .mfiles
+%doc CHANGES.txt README.txt THANKS.txt
+%license COPYRIGHT.txt
+
+%files javadoc -f .mfiles-javadoc
+%license COPYRIGHT.txt
+
+%changelog
+* Fri Jun 19 2015 Fedora Release Engineering - 0.53-12
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_23_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Fri Feb 13 2015 gil cattaneo 0.53-11
+- introduce license macro
+
+* Sun Jun 08 2014 Fedora Release Engineering - 0.53-10
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_21_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Fri Mar 28 2014 Michael Simacek - 0.53-9
+- Use Requires: java-headless rebuild (#1067528)
+
+* Sun Aug 04 2013 Fedora Release Engineering - 0.53-8
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_20_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Tue Jul 16 2013 gil cattaneo 0.53-7
+- fix alias, thanks to Robert Rati
+
+* Mon Jul 01 2013 gil cattaneo 0.53-6
+- fix requires
+
+* Mon Jul 01 2013 gil cattaneo 0.53-5
+- switch to XMvn, minor changes to adapt to current guideline
+
+* Tue Feb 19 2013 gil cattaneo 0.53-4
+- added maven-common-artifact-filters and maven-shared-components as BR
+
+* Fri Feb 15 2013 Fedora Release Engineering - 0.53-3
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_19_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Wed Feb 06 2013 Java SIG - 0.53-2
+- Update for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_19_Maven_Rebuild
+- Replace maven BuildRequires with maven-local
+
+* Sat Sep 29 2012 gil cattaneo 0.53-1
+- Update to 0.53
+- Moved to maven build
+
+* Tue Sep 25 2012 gil 0.52-11
+- Adapted to current guideline
+- Added maven pom
+- Added %%pre javadoc script
+
+* Sun Jul 22 2012 Fedora Release Engineering - 0.52-10
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Sat Jan 14 2012 Fedora Release Engineering - 0.52-9
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Mon Feb 07 2011 Fedora Release Engineering - 0.52-8
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_15_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Mon Jul 27 2009 Fedora Release Engineering - 0.52-7
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_12_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Thu Feb 26 2009 Fedora Release Engineering - 0.52-6
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Tue Jan 29 2009 Fabian Deutsch 0.52-5
+- URL now follows standards
+
+* Wed Jan 28 2009 Fabian Deutsch 0.52-4
+- Group name fix
+- Spec-file cleanup
+
+* Mon Jan 26 2009 Fabian Deutsch 0.52-3
+- Small javac.targetvm build fix
+
+* Mon Jan 26 2009 Fabian Deutsch 0.52-2
+- Added dependencies
+- Small fixes
+
+* Wed Jan 21 2009 Fabian Deutsch 0.52-1
+- Initial package.