Re: Shouldn't "varkon" package be removed ?
Hi,
I would be very keen that debian have a 3D CAD application.
BRL-CAD which is also packaged (but with problems) is the
alternative to varkon (see http://scientificcomputing.net).
I would like to maintain at least one of these (do not have the
time for more, but can help). I'll look into the varkon segfault
issue this weekend and see if something can be done. Segfault at
"build time" need not necessarily be a varkon bug.
regards
b thomas
On Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 11:00:32PM +0200, Florent Bayle wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I think that "varkon" package should be removed because :
> - Today I tried to fix #328039, but after fixing "-fwritable-strings" bug, I
> found a missing build-dep on "libglu1-xorg-dev | libglu1-mesa-dev", and after
> fixing that, I got a segfault (at build time) that I was unable to fix, so it
> seems to be completely broken.
> - Last upload was 540 days ago, and there was no new upstream version since.
> - Lintian report a lot of warnings on it.
> - Popcon show that it is used by very few users.
> - It is a blocker for /usr/doc transition (#359594, #359591 and #359587).
>
> As I'm not the maintainer of the package, nor a member of the qa group, I will
> not file the bug on ftp.debian.org, so if you think that this ask for removal
> is justified, please file it yourself.
>
> --
> Florent
>
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