[ping] Re: RFS: gimp-gap (FTBFS, 2 other "serious bugs")

[Thibaut Paumard <mlotpot.news@free.fr>]

Hi,

I have not received any answer to this message, I'd be very happy if  
someone volunteered...

(TODO list added below)

Le 7 août 09 à 10:45, Thibaut Paumard a écrit :
> Dear mentors,
>
> I have prepared a new upload of my package gimp-gap. I would be  
> grateful if someone would upload it for me (I'm a DM but this  
> package doesn't have the Dm-Upload-Allowed field yet). It fixes  
> serious bugs:
> - FTBFS on ia64;
> - inclusion of external libraries, including patent-problematic  
> ffmpeg.
>
> To get the source package:
> dget http://www.lesia.obspm.fr/perso/thibaut-paumard/debian/pool/main/g/gimp-gap/gimp-gap_2.6.0+dfsg-1.dsc
>
> Complete changelog:
>  * Remove convenience copies of external libraries libmpeg3
>    (Closes: #537727) and ffmpeg (Closes: #537725).
>  * Bug fix: "implicit pointer conversions", thanks to dann frazier
>    (Closes: #536528).
>  * add ${misc:Depends} in the dependencies (lintian warning).
>  * set debhelper compatibility level to 7 (lintian warning).
>  * Changed all -1 dependencies to -1~ to make backporting easier
>    (suggested by lintian).
>  * mangle version in watch file (suggested by lintian).
>
> Best regards, Thibaut.

TODO:

For the next upload, I am working on getting gimp-gap to compile  
nicely against debian's ffmpeg. I have a "working" version, but I  
still require to ship 10 files from ffmpeg in the source package (a  
100-fold improvement compared to shipping all of ffmpeg, and this  
solves the patent problem).

As soon as the latest version of libmpeg3 is available, I will enable  
it.

Regards, Thibaut.