Bug#239231: O: pose - PalmOS Emulator
reassign 239231 ftp.debian.org
retitle 239231 Please remove pose-skins
reassign 239233 ftp.debian.org
retitle 239233 Please remove pose
thanks
Please remove pose and pose-skins.
RoQA; orphaned, no upstream, doesn't build with GCC 3.3
* Juan Manuel Garcia Molina <juanma@debian.org> [2004-04-24 16:38]:
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> Hi, Martin.
>
> On Saturday 24 April 2004 15:03, you wrote:
> > * Juan Manuel Garcia Molina <juanma@debian.org> [2004-03-21 18:04]:
> > > I have not enough free time to keep on maintaining this package, so I
> > > think I must orphan it.
> > >
> > > * pose is abandoned software. So, please, don't expect patches by
> > > upstream authors.
> > >
> > > * I've been trying to port pose to gcc-3.3, without success. Thanks to
> >
> > Would you mind if we removed pose from Debian? It is the only package
> > which depends on fltk (1.0) which in turn is orphaned and should be
> > removed. Not working with GCC 3.3 is also not ideal.
>
> I've written a list of pros and cons of removing pose from Debian. Basically:
>
> PROS (removing pose):
>
> 1. Upstream does not update pose (abandoned software).
> 2. Hard to make it compile with GCC 3.3.
> 3. Noone appears to take care of it (after >1 month of being orphaned).
>
> CONS (removing pose):
>
> 1. The only software in Debian to emulate PalmOS.
>
>
> So, I think pose should be removed from Debian (and pose-skins should also be
> removed).
>
>
> Regards,
> Juanma.
>
> - --
> Juan Manuel Garcia Molina
> Debian GNU/Linux Developer
> juanma@debian.org http://www.debian.org
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Martin Michlmayr
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