On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 12:44:16AM +0100, Sander Smeenk wrote: > Hi, Hi
> $upstream = "Damien Sandras" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I am the maintainer of GnomeMeeting and recently $upstream contacted me > and told me only version 0.12.2 of GnomeMeeting was available in stable > && testing while 0.85.x has been released since and (long?) before > latest 'stable' was released. > > Now I too am wondering why 0.85 never made it into stable / testing. Probably because it was unable to build on some archs that it has been built for earlier. http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?excuse=gnomemeeting This can give you some hint on what needs to be done in order to make it into testing. > I might have a clue tho. Since $upstream switched to Gnome2 with v0.9x > releases of GnomeMeeting while I was still packaging v0.8x releases of > GnomeMeeting, I decided it would not be nice to force all users of > GnomeMeeting to switch to the Gnome2 version while Gnome2 at that time > was very unstable and expirimental, so I created a new package called > gnomemeeting2, which surprisingly brought people the Gnome2 version. This sounds more like an indication on why it should made it into testing and stable. > At later stages of development, Gnome2 became more and more stable, and > $upstream didn't work on the Gnome1 version of GnomeMeeting anymore, so > bugs didn't get fixed, I decided to repackage the 'gnomemeeting' package > with the Gnome2 version of GnomeMeeting and asked for the deletion of > gnomemeeting2 from the archive. So it happened. Maybe you just had bad timing. :) > Maybe this switch has to do with GnomeMeeting 0.85.1 not being in > testing/stable? For example, if I check on auric: > > | [18:29] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~] % madison gnomemeeting > | gnomemeeting | 0.93.1-3 | unstable | alpha, arm, hppa, ia64, > | m68k, powerpc, s390, sparc > | gnomemeeting | 0.94.1-1 | unstable | source, i386 > | [18:29] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~] % > > It only lists unstable... > > Now, what I want to ask: > > Is it possible to get GnomeMeeting 0.85.1 in testing and maybe even > stable? It has quite alot of bugfixes from $upstream, and even some > package improvements and overal, GnomeMeeting 0.85.1 is better at > supporting converstations with NetMeeting and other (newer) versions of > GnomeMeeting. In stable would probably not be accepted. Testing should be possible just fix the current issues that hold it back. :) > So, what do I need to do to get GnomeMeeting 0.85.x in testing and maybe > even stable? Fix the build problems on some architectures like sparc etc. > I myself, and Damien think it's better for Debian to have v0.85.x. Or the one in unstable. :) > Please let me know. I am subscribed to this list. Regards, // Ola > With regards, > Sander Smeenk. > > -- > | The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up > | in the morning, and does not stop until you get to work. > | 1024D/08CEC94D - 34B3 3314 B146 E13C 70C8 9BDB D463 7E41 08CE C94D > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- --------------------- Ola Lundqvist --------------------------- / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Annebergsslingan 37 \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 654 65 KARLSTAD | | +46 (0)54-10 14 30 +46 (0)70-332 1551 | | http://www.opal.dhs.org UIN/icq: 4912500 | \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / ---------------------------------------------------------------
