Hi, Jeremy Bicha <jbi...@debian.org> (2018-01-18): > Package: cdebconf-gtk-terminal > Version: 0.31 > Severity: serious > Tags: sid buster > User: pkg-gnome-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org > Usertags: oldlibs vte > > cdebconf-gtk-terminal Depends and Build-Depends on vte. In fact, it's > now the only package keeping vte in Debian Testing. The Debian GNOME > team does not intend to release Debian 10 "Buster" with vte since the > old 0.28 series has not had a release since GNOME3's release in 2011.
OK. I've considered switching a couple of times since 2012, but I've been hitting various issues. But now that we have (almost, see below) all components in place for gtk3 (including at-spi* and friends), and now that old libraries are to be gotten rid of, I guess it's reasonable for us to finally bite the bullet. > Please port to the vte2.91 source. That also means porting to gtk3. > gtk3 was declared stable over a year ago with the 3.22 series. (There > also have not been any gtk2 maintenance releases > since that time, although I guess someone will do a gtk2 maintenance > release eventually this year.) A few things need to happen, besides porting cdebconf to gtk3 (there have been preliminary patches for many years already): - vte2.91 needs to build an installable udeb; I think I've reported a few issues already, but I don't tend to do so in a timely fashion since it's not used yet. Right now, libpcre2-8-0 is the issue. - theme support needs to be ported to gtk3. Cheers, -- Cyril Brulebois (k...@debian.org) <https://debamax.com/> D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant
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