[gambit-list] orphan status

Jackson Doak noskcaj at ubuntu.com
Tue Jan 7 13:53:13 EST 2014


It's orphaned until an upload actually closes the bug.


On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 1:27 AM, Hendrik Boom <hendrik at topoi.pooq.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 07, 2014 at 04:47:38PM +1100, Jackson Doak wrote:
> > I'm trying to adopt it, but we need a way to fully enable versioned
> shlibs
> > before it's fit for debian. I have 4.2.9 sitting in debian mentors
> waiting
> > for upload, but any more needs a new patch.
>
> I see.  Technical issues *and* bureaucracy.
>
> Those shlibs are, presumaby, shared libraries, which have to have some
> kind of version numbers attached to them, so that different programs,
> which may be linked with different versions, can seek out their own
> mates at run time.
>
> Presumably the details involve changes in the gambit build system.
>
> Debian does have stringent conditions on their packages, don't they?
>
> Still, I don't see why they should consider gambc orphaned if there's
> someone activey trying to be the maintainier.
>
> Though it's probably unlikely because I have no experience building
> Debian packages, let me know if I can help in some way.  Perhaps I
> could test-install on an 1386 jessie system or an AMD64 wheezy.
>
> -- hendrik
>
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Hendrik Boom <hendrik at topoi.pooq.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > I just noticed gambit on Debian's list of orphaned packages,
> > > http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/orphaned :
> > >
> > > gambc: Gambit-C Scheme interpreter and compiler (package info),
> > > orphaned since 569 days.
> > >
> > > It there any technical or political reason for this?
> > > Or is it just a lack of manpower?
> > >
> > > -- hendrik
> > >
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