Bug#364609: marked as done (ITA: gnus -- A versatile News and mailing list reader for Emacsen)
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Package: wnpp
Severity: normal
Hi,
After seven and a half years of maintaining Gnus, I am having
to give away the package, on what I consider is a matter of
principle. My upload removing non-DFSG bits was rejected, on the
grounds that the upload renamed the source package name (the binary
package name remains Gnus).
I find myself unable to comply with calling the source package
Gnus, even though we remove all documentation from the package, and
pretending it is just a newer upstream version, since that implies to
people looking at the list of sources that this is perhaps unreleased
upstream source package -- even though upstream is vehemently opposed
to this course of action.
The package in Debian is currently tracking the development No
Gnus version. It is imperative that the version tracked not be
reverted to the versions shipping in the next release of Emacs, since
downgrading from NO *SHALL CAUSE INFORMATION LOSS*.
Additionally, as packaged, Gnus does not use _any_ helper
packages, so unless effort is spent with the build mechanism, or if
the next maintainer prefers to use helper packages, then this has to
be packaged from scratch.
Gnus is different from most elisp packages in that it also
provides pixmaps for the toolbar, and also images for smilies, so
special care has to be taken when creating the package. This is most
definitely not your run of the mill emacs package. Also, since we
track the development branch, the maintainer would have to be on the
devel list, and has to exercise judgement about which development
release is bug-free enough to include into Sid.
It is a bit of a wrench to give up this package, since I have
been the mainsiner since Micheal Dorman packaged it (and never
uploaded another version), but Gnus has non-free materiel, and
therefore needs a new upload _now_. I feel uncomfortable acceding to
practices I consider unethical, and I lack the motivation to fight
the ftp masters and the project on this issue.
Manoj
--
Money is the root of all evil, and man needs roots.
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/>
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Source: gnus
Source-Version: 5.11+v0.4.dfsg-1
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
gnus, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
gnus_5.11+v0.4.dfsg-1.diff.gz
to pool/main/g/gnus/gnus_5.11+v0.4.dfsg-1.diff.gz
gnus_5.11+v0.4.dfsg-1.dsc
to pool/main/g/gnus/gnus_5.11+v0.4.dfsg-1.dsc
gnus_5.11+v0.4.dfsg-1_all.deb
to pool/main/g/gnus/gnus_5.11+v0.4.dfsg-1_all.deb
gnus_5.11+v0.4.dfsg.orig.tar.gz
to pool/main/g/gnus/gnus_5.11+v0.4.dfsg.orig.tar.gz
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 364609@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
James Troup <james@nocrew.org> (supplier of updated gnus package)
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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:28:05 +0100
Source: gnus
Binary: gnus
Architecture: source all
Version: 5.11+v0.4.dfsg-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: James Troup <james@nocrew.org>
Changed-By: James Troup <james@nocrew.org>
Description:
gnus - A versatile news and mail reader for Emacsen
Closes: 334909 364609
Changes:
gnus (5.11+v0.4.dfsg-1) unstable; urgency=low
.
* New upstream release.
.
* Remove GFDL documents from upstream source and generate a new tarball,
thanks to Manoj Srivastava. Closes: #334909
.
* Adopt package. Closes: #364609
* debian/copyright: update for new maintainer.
* debian/control (Maintainer): likewise.
.
* debian/rules: rewritten as a single file based off of Manoj's work,
but in a style I'm more familiar and comfortable with. Changes that
affect the resulting binary package are: don't install unused
/etc/emacs/site-start.d and /usr/share/doc-base directories. Don't
install lintian override for description. Compress contents of
contrib/ directory in /usr/share/doc/gnus/.
.
* debian/common/*, debian/local-vars.mk, debian/local.mk,
debian/stamp/*, debian/templates, debian/templates.master: now unused
- removed.
.
* debian/{arch}, debian/.arch-ids: likewise unused - removed.
* debian/gnus-init.el: remove arch tag.
.
* debian/postinst: strip unused/commented-out code. Don't test for
files existence before 'rm -f'-ing them.
* debian/postrm: likewise.
* debian/prerm: likewise.
.
* debian/README: update.
.
* debian/NEWS.Debian: removed.
* debian/config, debian/preinst, debian/po/*: likewise.
* debian/control (Pre-Depends): don't need to pre-depend on debconf
anymore.
* debian/control (Build-Depends-Indep): drop po-debconf.
* debian/postinst: drop use of debconf.
* debian/postrm: likewise.
.
* debian/copyright: fix upstream URL.
* debian/control (Description): rewritten based on upstream webpage
descriptions.
.
* debian/control (Build-Depends): add dpatch.
* 01_news-paths.dpatch: new patch, split out of original diff.gz.
* 02_debian-list-archives.dpatch: likewise.
.
* debian/emacsen.install: remove unused code and variables, fix typo.
* debian/emacsen.remove: likewise.
.
* debian/postrm: run ucf --purge on the various flavours 20gnus-init.el
files when purging.
Files:
ccd37759c6b0b0ae1261aafce9793aee 1201 news optional gnus_5.11+v0.4.dfsg-1.dsc
ae5be9d0de2eb7831a14249c6c0cf7cc 2241854 news optional gnus_5.11+v0.4.dfsg.orig.tar.gz
2ecaea1e77e69f3c07fc07f6fcd76aa3 18600 news optional gnus_5.11+v0.4.dfsg-1.diff.gz
caf7c24e257bb28f7aeba63d13cff96d 1470960 news optional gnus_5.11+v0.4.dfsg-1_all.deb
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