| Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 06:17:44 -0500
| From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnie...@gmail.com>
| To: sub...@bugs.debian.org
| Subject: Bug#642307: stterm: duplicates code from suckless-tools
| 
| Package: stterm
| Version: 0.0~20091219+hg68-4
| 
| I just noticed at debian-devel-changes that you are maintaining a copy
| of st --- thanks!  I was just wondering what relationship this package
| has to suckless-tools.  Is it supposed to supersede st from there?

It's the other way round. 

    sucless-tools is duplicating the "stterm"

The correct course of action is:

    1) remove "st" from suckless-tools. The original package is
      "stterms".

    2) package "stterm", compared to sucless-tools, contains more up
       to date code including Debian patches.

    3) problem with suckless-tools: collection of unrelated various
       utilities in one package causes unnecessary coupling.

    4) user interested only in light weight terminal emulator can
       install it from "stterm" package, not requiring to install
       unrelated software.

    5) I've been in contact from start with the upstream providing
       enhancement patches.

[HISTORY]

stterm:

    2009-12-11 RFP http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=560596
    2010-02-14 ITP (RFP done) 
http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/s/stterm/stterm_0.0~20091219+hg68-4/changelog
    2010-06-02 stterm released
    2010-05-29 stterm releases
    2010-06-02 stterm released
    2010-06-05 stterm released

suckless-tools:

    2010-12-02 Kai Henry adds st to git 
http://git.webconverger.org/?p=suckless-tools;a=history;f=st;hb=HEAD
    2010-12-03 suckless-tools (37-1) is released 
http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/s/suckless-tools/suckless-tools_38-1/changelog
    2010-12-05 suckless-tools (38-1) released; updated st.



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