Dependency conflict in extension manager for docx4j-ImportXHTML

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Just for refence with 10.11.9, if I put back the correct version number in BouncyCastle extensions, iText extension (and all my dependant ones) refuses to load at start time with the following error message:

[main] WARN ltInstalledExtensionRepository - Invalid extension [com.lowagie:itext/2.1.7] on namespace [wiki:xwiki] (InvalidExtensionException: Dependency [bouncycastle:bcmail-jdk14-138] is incompatible with the core extension [org.bouncycastle:bcmail-jdk15on/1.60])

Looks like I will have no clean solution on 10.11.9 :frowning:

I will still continue testing with the odd version numbers on 10.11.9 but really think that upgrade time has arrived

For future readers, the installation way that seems to work is:

  1. before changing anything in xed files, install org.bouncycastle:bctsp-jdk14 version 1.46 on which iText 1.2.17 depends
  2. change the numbers in xed files for bcmail-jdk15on-1.60.xed and bcprov-jdk15on-1.60.xed for bouncycastle extensionfeatures and the main <version> bloc
  3. find the bctsp-jdk14.xed file under the /data/extensions/repository folder and add it an extensionfeature and a feature bloc mimicing the one from bcprov-jdk15on-1.60.xed. Do not forget to change the main <version> bloc too.
  4. at that moment, install normally the docx4j-ImportXHTML extension

Definitely ugly because from now on, you cannot install anything depending on BouncyCastle, because in the end the system will choke with the inconsistent version numbers