The gpsim GUI build-depends on libgtkextra-x11-2.0-dev from the gtk +extra2 source package. gtk+extra2 is facing removal from testing and unstable due to bug #549758, just as soon as a new upload can be made of libgtkada2.
If gpsim is to remain in Debian, one option is to build the package with the --disable-gui option added in debian/rules. Some of the other packaging files need tweaks to not look for the GUI binaries but the package does build on amd64 using this option and without libgtkextra-x11-2.0-dev being installed. gpsim has already been orphaned for nearly two years and the change from O: to ITA: was 4 months ago with no sign of adoption taking place. If no new upload of gpsim is forthcoming, I will seek the removal of gpsim as well as gtk +extra2, as already described on the debian-devel mailing list, as soon as libgtkada2 is fixed. This will definitely be before the Squeeze release freeze commences. If gpsim is to be retained in Squeeze, either as a CLI-only or with a new GUI, something has to happen soon. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2009/05/msg00627.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2009/06/msg00977.html -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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