[Bug 1788735] [NEW] libcommons-lang3-java FTBFS due to circular build-dep (multiple versions in classpath)

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maven relies on surefire for running tests and surefire depends on
libcommons-lang3-java. So whenever libcommons-lang3-java is updated
there are 2 versions in the classpath during the testing: the old
version in the deb package from surefire's dependency and the new
version that was just build. Unfortunately the old version takes
precedence in maven/surefire's classpath, thus any test that relies in
the new features/classes/interfaces/methods will fail.

This circular build dependency can only be broken by disabling testing
for any libcommons-lang3-java update that also modifies the tests - I
haven't found a way to force surefire/maven to load and use only the new
version under test (or, in other words, to prevent it from loading/using
the old classes).

The easiest way to skip the tests is by adding "maven.test.skip=true" to
debian/maven.properties [1].


References:
[1] https://wiki.debian.org/Java/MavenBuilder#line-87

** Affects: libcommons-lang3-java (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: cosmic ftbfs patch
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libcommons-lang3-java FTBFS due to circular build-dep (multiple versions in classpath)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1788735
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