Bug#4269: xosview has only XOSView as application resource file

[joost@rulcmc.leidenuniv.nl (joost witteveen)]

> 
> Package: xosview
> Version: 1.3.2-6
> 
> Xosview only reads the file XOSView (and ~/.Xdefaults) when evaluating 
> its X resources. It does this by doing all the reading by foot (calling
> XrmGetFileDatabase() etc.). 
> This is IMO the wrong way to do it; the application should use 
> XtGetApplicationResources() (as xsysinfo does it). 

You're absolutely right.

The upstream maintainer disagrees (well, he agrees, but doesn't want
to change it, AFAIK).

do you want me to 
  1 move xosview to 'contrib', and stop maintaining it
  2 just go on maintaining a broken xosview?


Sometimes, I really don't know what to do.

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