On Sun, 2007-05-06 at 09:00 +0200, Christian Bayle wrote: > Bart Martens wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-05-04 at 12:47 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > > > >> crystalspace has been failing to build on alpha for > 1yr, even though a > >> patch has been available in the BTS for 6 months today. Previous versions > >> of the package built fine on all architectures, making this a serious > >> regression and preventing the package's inclusion in a stable release (or in > >> testing). > >> > >> Christian, are you still interested in maintaining this package, or should > >> it be orphaned/removed from the archive (along with crystalspace-data)? > >> > >> If there's a reason the package should not be orphaned, I can do an NMU for > >> bug #358044 (and 399843) as previously suggested (by someone who apparently > >> wasn't a DD), but if the package isn't actually being maintained I'd rather > >> not fix these bugs just to clear the way for an unmaintained package to > >> enter testing. > >> > > > > Hi Steve, > > > > If the package is orphaned, then I will consider to adopt it. So, if > > possible for you, no immediate removal please. > > > > If I adopt the package, then I intend to package a newer upstream > > release and see how the autobuilders deal with that, before studying the > > patches in the BTS. This approach has saved me some time before. :) > > > > Regards, > > > > Bart Martens > > > > > Hi Steve, Bart > > I don't think the package should be orphaned and there is yes, a new > upstream version > that was there few time before etch, and I would prefer that alpha > porters make a NMU instead > of breaking all other arch. I don't have any problem with NMU. Steve, feel free to go ahead with that NMU. Don't wait for me to decide on whether I want to adopt this packge. > > The package has so many dependencies that it's quite a huge task to > compile on all arch. > > If Bart want to adopt it, change for cdbs or anything else, no problem. I'm not sure now because Christian seems to object against the approach I would use. Also, Christian scared me with "huge task". > > I used to commit changes to upstream and I can continue to do this. > Keep me in Uploaders if that don't bother you. > > The main problem at the moment is probably still the miss on dynamic > version of some lib in debian, > and the support of Cg lib that should be moved in non free. > > Let me know, what you want to do, and I'll do my best to help. > > Christian > > >
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