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Neil Williams wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: normal > X-Debbugs-CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Glipper is currently my package in Debian at 0.95.1-3 and that version > is written in C and uses a binary data file which has raised one bug > (#436078). > > There is now a new release that closes this bug, my problem is that > v1.0 is a ground-up rewrite in Python! Essentially, glipper v1.0 is a > completely different package internally. (Previous translations have > also been lost.) > > I have no python experience, no python packages and no ability to do > anything if (when) python code goes wrong. I don't want to have to > learn python just for glipper (don't have time). > > So - I don't see what I can do except request adoption of glipper, it > just seems so weird to leave a package which is active while I am also > active. > > Anyone fancy taking on glipper? > > I don't think there's any point retaining the old C package - that code > is already dead upstream. > > Currently, there is no RCS for the debian packaging for glipper - I was > using CDBS and the current watch file needs editing to look for a > tar.bz2 instead of the previous tar.gz. > > There is an issue with migrating from 0.95.1 to 1.0 - the ~/.glipper > directory needs to be removed. > > Glipper v1.0 is also now GNOME only, support for other window managers > has not been implemented in the python version. > - -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] || http://maqui.darkbolt.net Linux registered user number: #363219 PGP key avaliable at KeyServ. KeyID: 0x4233E9F2 - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Los hombres somos esclavos de la historia -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGumRWfFjA4EIz6fIRAmb7AKD61oFO4Rh01cv/W6xqG9p89y2eXACgnhmJ bBFiPgV/PULS5edYMvH4lSg= =E8v0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
