Re: what about emboss-explorer
Le Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 02:03:44PM +0200, Andreas Tille a écrit :
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> I noticed that emboss-explorer was not updated upstream since 2006. It
> would need some work due to #669738 and also has a (may be) upstream
> problem #485735 nobody really wants to tackle. The popcon is very low
> compared to other packages. I'm tempted to file a request for removal
> for this package if nobody raises interest to care for this package or
> can convince me seriously to spend some time into this.
Hi Andreas,
I agree that we will not be able to keep emboss-explorer alive indefinitely.
Also, there are other web interfaces to EMBOSS, for instance Mobyle (which is
a web interface to many other tools).
The emboss-explorer source package also builds the libemboss-acd-perl binary
package, which I use to generate the manual pages for the EMBOSS tools. This
is one reason for keeping it, although we could consider removing the
emboss-explorer binary package anyway.
Here are possible directions.
- Remove emboss-explorer (source or binary), recommend Mobyle instead.
For this, a tutorial on how to use Mobyle on Debian may help to motivate
our users to follow the migration.
- Package an alternative to emboss-explorer that is maintainerd upstream and
less complex than Mobyle.
- Call for help on some mailing list and forums, and for instance decide that
if in one year emboss-explorer is still abandononed, we will remove it.
Our emboss-explorer package is currently broken with the latest Apache; I will
try to do the migration today, so that we have at least one final working
version in snapshot.debian.org, as a service to our users (and perhaps myself).
I do not mind if it is removed shortly after.
PS: many thanks for your outstanding stream of updates recently. I hope that
it inspires new members and potential newcomers for joining this effort !
Cheers,
--
Charles Plessy
Debian Med packaging team,
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
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