Hello, Sorry for late answer. Thomas Viehmann <tv@beamnet.de> wrote: Message-ID: <[🔎] 4039E8E2.1000106@beamnet.de> > > I intend to adopt libming etc. But [1]they are already removed. > > Does anyone tell me whether I should reopen and re-title the old wnpp > > bug #166973, or submit new ITP? > I think it would be best to submit a new ITP, maybe providing a > reference to the RFA/removal bug. Thank you. The name of upstream source has changed and I think it's a good way to submit new ITP, too. > Before you do that, note Colin Watson's reassigning mail, though (it's > the retitling/reassigning email: > > > libming and libming-fonts-openoffice have been orphaned for over a > > year; during that time there appear to have been perhaps a dozen > > commits to upstream's CVS repository, and my impression is that it's > > not particularly actively maintained there. libming has no reverse > > dependencies that I can see other than libming-fonts-openoffice, and > > vice versa. > > > libming currently has two grave bugs, one of which indicates that it > > needs source changes to make it work with the current PHP API. > > Unless you can address all of these (upstream presumed dead and the > grave bugs), you should (IMHO) not reintroduce the package as lack of > upstream does not enhance quality. (i). I checked the changelog of libming and it is true that this project was not so active. But from the web page, I got the impression that libming comes active again since this year. (ii). I can't find the information of the grave bug PHP. But another grave bug, #226241, seems to be easy to fix. And if the ming module in PECL is better than that of libming, I'm going to remove php4-ming from packages generated from libming. > You might also want to consult the previous Debian maintainer, Erich > Schubert, and check out libflash as an alternative. I want to use [1]zphoto, a zooming photo album generator, and it requires libming. There is the package of zphoto in [2]Debian JP. 1. http://www.namazu.org/~satoru/zphoto/index.html.en 2. http://packages.debian.or.jp/unstable-jp/graphics/zphoto.html.en -- Hidetaka Iwai tyuyu@sings.jp
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