reassign 671378 ftp.debian.org severity 671378 normal retitle 671378 RM: alogg -- RoQA; dead upstream, RC-buggy thanks
On Thu, May 03, 2012 at 06:04:52PM +0200, Tobias Hansen wrote: > Source: libalogg1 > Version: 1.3.7-1.1 > Severity: serious > > Hi, > > I'm involved in the transition towards Allegro 4.4 [1] and libalogg1 > currently FTBFS against Allegro 4.4, because we removed allegro-makedoc from > liballegro-dev. > > I'm wondering if we still need this package. It has no reverse dependencies > in Debian and the upstream website doesn't exist anymore. Googling for it, I > didn't > find a new upstream website or hints that libalogg is still used. Allegro 4.4 > is now a legacy library, that we keep for the existing games, Allegro 5 has > its own > ogg support. Also there is a different ogg library, liblogg, bundled with > Allegro 4.4 an maintained by the Allegro developers. We didn't package it > (yet), because > we're not aware of it being needed. > > If you are aware of any packages or important programs using libalogg, or if > you don't agree with the removal for other reasons, please let me know and > close this > bug report. Otherwise, do you agree with me reassigning the bug to > ftp.debian.org to pursue the removal? > > Best regards, > Tobias > > [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-games/2012/05/msg00002.html > > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org