Bug#741294: Aw: Bug#741294: ITP: wxastrocapture -- acquisition of astronomical images with web cams

["Steffen Möller" <steffen_moeller@gmx.de>]

Hello Olly,

> Gesendet: Dienstag, 10. Juni 2014 um 03:21 Uhr
> Von: "Olly Betts" <olly@survex.com>
> An: "Steffen Möller" <steffen_moeller@gmx.de>, 741294@bugs.debian.org
> Betreff: Bug#741294: ITP: wxastrocapture -- acquisition of astronomical images with web cams
>
> On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 09:59:36PM +0100, Steffen Möller wrote:
> > * Package name    : wxastrocapture
> > * URL             : http://arnholm.org/astro/software/wxAstroCapture/
> > * License         : GPL-2+
> >   Programming Lang: C++
> >   Description     : acquisition of astronomical images with web cams
> 
> I see from the NEW queue that this uses wxwidgets2.8:
> 
> https://ftp-master.debian.org/new/wxastrocapture_1.8.1+git20140303+dfsg-2.html
> 
> We're in the middle of a transition to eliminate wxwidgets2.8 from the
> archive, so it's not helpful to be adding new packages which depend on
> it:
> 
> https://release.debian.org/transitions/html/wxwidgets3.0.html
> 
> Have you tried building wxastrocapture against wxwidgets3.0?

I admit that I was only caring for the bare essentials and had not tried 
3.0 compatibility. I'll go for it. Should it not be possible, we can also
remove wxAstroCapture again. Would be sad, though.

Best,

Steffen