if I were still interested, no your proposal is not at all adequate. do *you* think it is?
On 30 August 2011 02:08, Matthias Klose <d...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > sorry, lots of talk, but not any answer to my question. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/779170 > > Title: > Needs porting to DCMTK 3.6 > > Status in “odin” package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > Status in “odin” source package in Oneiric: > Confirmed > Status in “odin” package in Debian: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > you have, for some reason, and very recently, removed the package > libdcmtk1 and replaced it with libdcmtk2. the maintainer is mainly > concerned with the ubuntu desktop, not with this sort of package as > far as I can see. > > this means that the packages "odin" and most importantly "mitools" as > well as several other important medical imaging utilities have ceased > to function (i.e. cannot be installed due to broken dependency > libcmtk2 instead of required libdcmtk1). > > libdcmtk is a medical imaging related package. It's basically for > dealing with DICOMM. It doesn't have a wider purpose in the operating > system than managing DICOMM sets. > > I don't understand why it needed to be changed in a way that broke the > dependencies of half the medical imaging software in the repository. > > now, you've listed this as "low priority" > > Even though I'm a just scientist and not a doctor I'd consider things > with the words "medical imaging" in them to be very high priority, > compared to, say, a toolbar or a widget. > > I think you'd agree actually. I need to use miconv to manipulate MRI > images. Since I'm doing basic science, lives are hardly at risk if I > hit a snag. > > However. these same packages are most certainly used by biomedical > scientists and doctors to detect tumors and study and treat disease. > > So I'd put it quite high on the list of things to fix. But it's up to > you. > > I think just putting libdcmtk1 back would do the trick but I've not > traced it through. There must have been some reason to replace it but > too much is now broken. much of my MRI code. > > the medical and neuroscience communities would appreciate these basic > being fixed without us having to mix compiled source and binaries on > the same tree, and not being accorded a "low priority". > > steps required to replaciate : try to install e.g. mitools from > universe repository. > > > Colin > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/odin/+bug/779170/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/779170 Title: Needs porting to DCMTK 3.6 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/odin/+bug/779170/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
