Re: Consider removing iraf from testing
On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 10:49:40PM -0500, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
> ==> remove iraf/2.11.3-2
>
> #223543: FTBFS -- requires a bootstrap process which doesn't autobuild
> #223532: Major FHS violation -- files under /usr/iraf
> #218793: ships /usr/bin/xpp, conflicting with xpp package (with no Conflicts,
> even).
>
> Oh, it also has installation errors (#223528), dangling symlinks (#138086),
> and bad dependencies (#168867).
>
> The maintainer is supposedly working on these issues with someone who
> he "hopes" will become the future maintainer. As of December. God
> only knows when that will happen.
>
> The current version just isn't releasable; it needs to be removed from
> sarge.
This does indeed seem to be the case. I've marked iraf (and necessarily
iraf-noaobin too) to be removed from testing; it'll have a chance to
return if its release-critical bugs are fixed soon.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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