Bug#816924: GNU GLOBAL 6.5.2 available

2016-10-19 Thread Vincent Bernat
❦ 19 octobre 2016 12:06 +0100, Punit Agrawal  : >> I can do that for you. This is the proper solution as they can help in >> moving forward. However, note that in the past, it is pretty rare for >> the technical committee to overrule a maintainer. But each case is a >> separate case, it may just

Bug#816924: GNU GLOBAL 6.5.2 available

2016-10-19 Thread Punit Agrawal
On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 3:47 PM, Vincent Bernat wrote: > ❦ 17 octobre 2016 15:36 +0100, Punit Agrawal : > >>> - Going the long way by asking the technical committee to hand over the >>>maintainance of the package to you (I'll sponsor your uploads if you >>>aren't DD). I can do it if you

Bug#816924: GNU GLOBAL 6.5.2 available

2016-10-17 Thread Vincent Bernat
❦ 17 octobre 2016 15:36 +0100, Punit Agrawal  : >> - Going the long way by asking the technical committee to hand over the >>maintainance of the package to you (I'll sponsor your uploads if you >>aren't DD). I can do it if you want. >> >> - Going the short way by putting your package as

Bug#816924: GNU GLOBAL 6.5.2 available

2016-10-17 Thread Punit Agrawal
On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 2:24 PM, Vincent Bernat wrote: > ❦ 17 octobre 2016 14:17 +0100, Punit Agrawal : > Someone proposed this in the bug report I linked above. The idea was turned down. >>> >>> If there is someone motivated enough to take over the packaging of >>> global, we can subm

Bug#816924: GNU GLOBAL 6.5.2 available

2016-10-17 Thread Vincent Bernat
❦ 17 octobre 2016 14:17 +0100, Punit Agrawal  : >>> Someone proposed this in the bug report I linked above. The idea was >>> turned down. >> >> If there is someone motivated enough to take over the packaging of >> global, we can submit the question to the technical committee. This is >> an hostil

Bug#816924: GNU GLOBAL 6.5.2 available

2016-10-17 Thread Punit Agrawal
On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 1:12 PM, Vincent Bernat wrote: > ❦ 11 mars 2016 19:32 GMT, Wei Liu : > >>> I am not referring to all the ancient mails you mentioned, just a little >>> pointer in order to see if it could be maybe possible to have an >>> alternate package of GNU GLOBAL which can add the r

Bug#816924: GNU GLOBAL 6.5.2 available

2016-10-17 Thread Vincent Bernat
❦ 11 mars 2016 19:32 GMT, Wei Liu  : >> I am not referring to all the ancient mails you mentioned, just a little >> pointer in order to see if it could be maybe possible to have an >> alternate package of GNU GLOBAL which can add the recent improvements, >> and let the users decide in an individu

Bug#816924: GNU GLOBAL 6.5.2 available

2016-04-05 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Hey, I also would like to see a newer version of global in debian. Some very useful options of global/gtags are missing, and it's a bit sad as global is mostly necessary fo swim in any big code project. Please, ron, think about us. :) -- PEB

Bug#816924: GNU GLOBAL 6.5.2 available

2016-03-11 Thread Wei Liu
On Thu, 10 Mar 2016 09:18:13 +0100 Alberto Luaces wrote: > Hi Wei, > Hi Alberto > I am also interested in having the latest version of GNU GLOBAL. Do you > have any references about the technical disagreement between this > package and upstream? > I don't have any concrete reference. Sorry. L

Bug#816924: GNU GLOBAL 6.5.2 available

2016-03-10 Thread Alberto Luaces
Hi Wei, I am also interested in having the latest version of GNU GLOBAL. Do you have any references about the technical disagreement between this package and upstream? I am not referring to all the ancient mails you mentioned, just a little pointer in order to see if it could be maybe possible t

Bug#816924: GNU GLOBAL 6.5.2 available

2016-03-06 Thread Wei Liu
Package: global Version: 5.7.1-2 Severity: wishlist Tags: upstream Hello GNU GLOBAL 6.5.2 was release in December 2015. The version packaged in Debian is 5.7.1 which is now more than 8 years old. Is it possible to upgrade the version in Debian to the latest stable release? I'm aware of the disag