On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 04:08:51PM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: >Hi, > >Dmitry E. Oboukhov <un...@debian.org> has added some Ruby code to >wordnet packaging (debian/wn-for-goldendict.rb) which worked for two >years and at least up to "Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:45:40 +0200" when I did >the last upload. Yesterday I wanted to try to fix two (unrelated) open >bugs and realised the FTBFS problem and asked Dmitry for help. My guess >is that this is connected to the Ruby migration and most probably simple >to fix for a Ruby coder. > >The only way *I* could fix the problem would be droping the >goldendict-wordnet binary package again which would definitely not >be the best solution. > >Any better hint?
It sounds like you should replace the functionality of the script in a more suitable language, specifically: * one you (and other maintainers) understand * one that's stable and supported on all the platforms in Debian At the moment, that doesn't sound like Ruby. :-( -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "Because heaters aren't purple!" -- Catherine Pitt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
