Re: removal of opie-*-fb?
On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 12:55:49AM -0700, Steve Langasek
wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 11:05:55PM -0600, Ivan E. Moore II wrote:
> > Yes. I've actually been working on this recently (finally got to a point
> > where I could do so) and have taken care of qt-embedded however I
> > previously authorized the removal of qt-x11 only to find out that OPIE is
> > sitll dependent on pieces of it which qt-embedded does not have and that
> > it cannot get from qt3 (or is incompatable with).
>
> > So it's come down to the choice of qt-x11 going back in (IMO in a stripped
> > down fashion only providing the pieces needed...ie minimal library with
> > moc & uic) or just removing OPIE until it get's ported to qt-embedded-free
> > & qt3. The problem with the later is that who knows when that will
> > happen.
>
> > I'm not sure even how much the op-* packages are being used right now.
>
> > So: 1) Remove OPIE until it get's ported to qt-embedded-free (ie qte3)
> > or 2) Re-Add qt-x11
>
> > Suggestions/comments/concerns?
>
> Given the contents of <http://bjorn.haxx.se/debian/stalls.html>, I think
> it would be nice if OPIE were removed until it was in a more releasable
> state, whether that's by porting it to qt-embedded-free or by preparing
> new packages of qt-x11.
>
I was just getting ready to ask for it's removal. :)
Ivan
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