Re: Oldlibs transitions, and some old packages. (wx2.4)
On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 02:06:46PM -0500, Barry deFreese wrote:
> Hi folks, a couple of quick updates on wx2.4 packages.
>>> - ctsim, maintainer is also upstream
>> I've talk to Emmet on this one also. Apparently ctsim builds fine 2.6 but
>> segfaults and he is having a hard time tracking down the source of the
>> issue. I may try to get in touch with upstream.
> I've talked to upstream (which happens to be the Debian maintainer) and he
> doesn't sound real interested in switching. I may try to see if I can get
> it running with wx2.6 anyway and maybe convince him. Though he sounded
> less resistant to wx2.8 but I don't think we have that yet right?
At this point, it looks like ctsim is in line to be the last wx2.4 package
in the archive. In that circumstance, I don't think we should ship wx2.4
with lenny for the benefit of a single reverse-dep; that's about 400MB of
oldlibs packages carried around for one application.
>>> - jugglemaster, first ever upload last month (!?)
>> He says this one needs several hours of work.
> I created a patch for this which Vorlon fixed and I have now committed to
> the games team SVN.
Does this need an uploader?
(The package in the archive mentions nothing about the Debian Games Team -
what's going on here? This is also the same package that was uploaded as a
*new* package depending on wx2.4, right?)
I still think this app is trivial enough that providing both qt and
wxwidgets builds is senseless, but that's a maintainer decision to make
rather than a QA one given that a patch is available for the wx2.4 problem.
>>> - newpki-client, last upload 2 years ago, 26 installs in popcon
>> Upstream is pretty dead. I have pinged the maintainer and he is going to
>> try to contact upstream but they are pretty inactive. He doesn't have
>> time to update the package so if someone is willing..
> I have created a patch for this and sent to the maintainer. I can put it
> somewhere if anyone else is interested.
Preferably in the BTS, so that we have a documentation trail for any
regressions that might be introduced by the patch, as well as a suitable
counter on which to base NMUing of this package if the maintainer doesn't
act.
Thanks,
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