Re: Orphaned packages with quite some users

2007-11-01 Thread Ben Goodger
On 31/10/2007, Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 31-Oct-07, 12:39 (CDT), Ben Goodger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > libvncserver has dropped out of use and been replaced by vlc. > > Huh? VNC != VLC. Oh yes, misread the N. Whoops. -- Benjamin F. Goodger ~ design and ideas lab ~

Re: Use of ttf-thryomanes for Greek/Cyrillic/Hungarian (was: Re: Orphaned packages with quite some users?)

2007-11-01 Thread Konstantinos Margaritis
On Thursday 01 November 2007 10:19, Christian Perrier wrote: > IMHO, even if I did not check this, the ttf-dejavu font(s) cover > these languages pretty well. So, the font is maybe not very much > relevant for being installed by default. Hi Christian, FWIW, greek is ok with the current set of fon

Use of ttf-thryomanes for Greek/Cyrillic/Hungarian (was: Re: Orphaned packages with quite some users?)

2007-11-01 Thread Christian Perrier
(beware: wide crosspost. Please turn your brain ON to decide where you want to reply... :-))) Quoting Cyril Brulebois ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Luk Claes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (31/10/2007): > > Below you'll find a list of longtime orphaned packages with quite some > > users. It would be great if people

Re: Orphaned packages with quite some users

2007-10-31 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 12:45:29AM +0100, Frank S. Thomas wrote: > Hi, > > On Wednesday 31 October 2007, Luk Claes wrote: > > Below you'll find a list of longtime orphaned packages with quite some > > users. It would be great if people could adopt packages that are still > > usefull and give alter

Re: Orphaned packages with quite some users

2007-10-31 Thread Frank S. Thomas
Hi, On Wednesday 31 October 2007, Luk Claes wrote: > Below you'll find a list of longtime orphaned packages with quite some > users. It would be great if people could adopt packages that are still > usefull and give alternatives and/or migration plans for packages that > are rather obsolete or not

Re: Orphaned packages with quite some users

2007-10-31 Thread Luk Claes
Ben Goodger wrote: > On 31/10/2007, Luk Claes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> http://packages.qa.debian.org/libg/libglade.html >> http://packages.qa.debian.org/libv/libvncserver.html > > > AFAIK these are unofficially or officially deprecated: > libglade is now replaced by something nearly identica

Re: Orphaned packages with quite some users

2007-10-31 Thread Luk Claes
Thomas Viehmann wrote: > Luk Claes wrote: >> http://packages.qa.debian.org/a/autobook.html > Based on the submitter's observation in #328219, maybe we should remove > autobook? > If it's non-free and increasingly outdated and doesn't have anone > wanting to maintain it, we might as well stop distri

Re: Orphaned packages with quite some users

2007-10-31 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 05:39:38PM +, Ben Goodger wrote: > libvncserver has dropped out of use and been replaced by vlc. I somehow don't think it's likely for a remote desktop server to have been replaced by a media player? -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and

Re: Orphaned packages with quite some users

2007-10-31 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Luk Claes wrote: > http://packages.qa.debian.org/a/autobook.html Based on the submitter's observation in #328219, maybe we should remove autobook? If it's non-free and increasingly outdated and doesn't have anone wanting to maintain it, we might as well stop distributing it. Kind regards T. --

Re: Orphaned packages with quite some users

2007-10-31 Thread Daniel Baumann
Luk Claes wrote: > Yes, but this source package also builds audacious-crossfade which > probably should stay? I'll do a qa upload as we speak, removing the xmms package. One less to bother for the upcoming removal... -- Address:Daniel Baumann, Burgunderstrasse 3, CH-4562 Biberist Email:

Re: Orphaned packages with quite some users

2007-10-31 Thread Steve Greenland
On 31-Oct-07, 12:39 (CDT), Ben Goodger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > libvncserver has dropped out of use and been replaced by vlc. Huh? VNC != VLC. Steve -- Steve Greenland The irony is that Bill Gates claims to be making a stable operating system and Linus Torvalds claims to be trying

Re: Orphaned packages with quite some users

2007-10-31 Thread Adam Cécile (Le_Vert)
Cyril Brulebois a écrit : > Luk Claes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (31/10/2007): > >> Bernd Zeimetz wrote: >> >> http://packages.qa.debian.org/x/xmms-crossfade.html >>> If I remember right gtk-1 is supposed to be removed from lenny, so >>> xmms will be gone, too. >>> >> Yes

Re: Orphaned packages with quite some users

2007-10-31 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 01:37:38AM +0900, Michal Čihař wrote: > Hi > > Dne Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:21:24 +0100 > Luk Claes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> napsal(a): > > > Below you'll find a list of longtime orphaned packages with quite some > > users. It would be great if people could adopt packages that are

Re: Orphaned packages with quite some users

2007-10-31 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Luk Claes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (31/10/2007): > Below you'll find a list of longtime orphaned packages with quite some > users. It would be great if people could adopt packages that are still > usefull and give alternatives and/or migration plans for packages that > are rather obsolete or not really

Re: Orphaned packages with quite some users

2007-10-31 Thread Ben Goodger
On 31/10/2007, Luk Claes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://packages.qa.debian.org/libg/libglade.html > http://packages.qa.debian.org/libv/libvncserver.html AFAIK these are unofficially or officially deprecated: libglade is now replaced by something nearly identical or perhaps merely renamed a

Re: Orphaned packages with quite some users

2007-10-31 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Luk Claes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (31/10/2007): > Bernd Zeimetz wrote: > > >> http://packages.qa.debian.org/x/xmms-crossfade.html > > > > If I remember right gtk-1 is supposed to be removed from lenny, so > > xmms will be gone, too. > > Yes, but this source package also builds audacious-crossfade wh

Re: Orphaned packages with quite some users

2007-10-31 Thread Clint Adams
reopen 438665 quit On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 06:22:11PM +0100, Luk Claes wrote: > That sounds like the Dependens should be a Recommends, if so please file > a bug for it. It doesn't look like #438665 was actually fixed. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe

Re: Orphaned packages with quite some users

2007-10-31 Thread Luk Claes
Michal Čihař wrote: > Hi > > Dne Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:21:24 +0100 > Luk Claes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> napsal(a): > >> Below you'll find a list of longtime orphaned packages with quite some >> users. It would be great if people could adopt packages that are still >> usefull and give alternatives and/

Re: Orphaned packages with quite some users

2007-10-31 Thread Luk Claes
Bernd Zeimetz wrote: >> http://packages.qa.debian.org/x/xmms-crossfade.html > > If I remember right gtk-1 is supposed to be removed from lenny, so xmms > will be gone, too. Yes, but this source package also builds audacious-crossfade which probably should stay? Cheers Luk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: Orphaned packages with quite some users

2007-10-31 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
Hi, > http://packages.qa.debian.org/p/python-gnome.html python-gnome only useful for gnome 1. It could (should?) be replaced by a pseudo package which transitions to python-gnome2 probably, or just be removed from Debian. > http://packages.qa.debian.org/p/pyzor.html Imho there're better ways t

Re: Orphaned packages with quite some users

2007-10-31 Thread Michal Čihař
Hi Dne Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:21:24 +0100 Luk Claes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> napsal(a): > Below you'll find a list of longtime orphaned packages with quite some > users. It would be great if people could adopt packages that are still > usefull and give alternatives and/or migration plans for packages t