On Fri, 2009-04-17 at 10:09 +0200, Adeodato Simó wrote: > + Bart Martens (Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:20:05 +0200): > > > At this point, the most recent upstream version of qiv still needs the > > old imlib. > > > Where to go from here ? Possible options: > > > 1. Barry is working with upstream to get qiv updated to no longer need > > the old imlib. Let's appreciate Barry's efforts by giving Barry some > > more time to finish this effort. > > > 2. We could replace qiv by pqiv, which is a program that more or less > > behaves like qiv. > > > 3. Removal from Debian, although popcon reveals that there are still > > quite some users. > > I suggest somebody packages pqiv, we let it migrate to testing, and then > we remove imlib11 and qiv from testing once icewm has stopped using it. > > I don’t mind that we leave qiv around in unstable for users who may not > be happy with pqiv, and to “wait and see” if upstream moves and ends up > upgrading to imlib2. But if Squeeze comes and this has not happened, we > should remove qiv from unstable as well I think. > > Bart, thanks for the pointer to pqiv: would you be up to packaging it? > I’m a qiv user myself, and after compiling it here, it seems to fill the > niche gracefully. If not, I’ll file a RFP. > > Thoughts on this plan? Good plan. I just uploaded pqiv, so this will appear in NEW soon. I chose to package pqiv without "Conflicts/Provides/Replaces qiv". At least for now. I see that qiv upstream has a new developer, so maybe the imlib problem in qiv gets solved before squeeze freeze. http://www.klografx.net/qiv/ "Qiv is not longer supported by me (Adam Kopacz), please visit the new Homepage: spiegl.de/qiv" http://spiegl.de/qiv/ qiv.andy@spiegl.de Regards, Bart Martens
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