Bug#171314: uqm
tags 171314 +pending
On Fri, May 09, 2003 at 09:35:39AM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Fri, May 09, 2003 at 11:40:30AM +0200, Wesley W. Terpstra wrote:
>
> > On Thu, May 08, 2003 at 09:25:00PM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > > Please close this WNPP bug when your packages are in the archive.
> >
> > I intend to; in fact the bug has a closes: line in the Changelog.
> > I think the package has been on hold because the ftp-admins don't like how
> > big it is. ;-)
>
> Yes, I see that now. I assumed you weren't aware of this bug because you
> didn't retitle it, nor send a message to it indicating your intentions.
> When you decide to package something for which there is an RFP filed, you
> should retitle the bug to an ITP. There are instructions here:
>
> http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/
Indeed. I should have. I see you have already done so.
At the time, I packaged it for myself. Then I saw the bug report and decided
to upload my packages to close it. I expected it to go into the archive and
close the bug immediately. However, this has turned out not to be the case.
I'm sorry for the confusion it caused which led to you duplicating effort.
I am doubtful that this package will ever land in the archive though as I
have heard some second-hand disparaging comments about the size (300Mb) of
the package from ftp-admins. Maybe it shouldn't be in debian; I'm not sure.
At any rate, it has now been sitting in the queue for a month.
I have been considering replacing the uqm-voice and uqm-music packages with
a set of scripts which simply fetch the the datafiles from the upstream
website and install them. This way it would be more palatable to the
ftp-admins at a size of 20Mb. But, I would rather not since this would make
debian's uqm vulnerable to breakage by upstream moving or changing the data.
---
Wes
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