|--==> Samuel Mimram writes: SM> Hi, SM> Free Ekanayaka wrote: >>Hi, >> >>I've noticed that you've built unofficial packages for phonegaim here: >> >>http://people.debian.org/~smimram/debian/dists/unstable/main/ >> >>is there any specific reason for not uploading them to Debian? I can >>help in testing or packaging if needed..
SM> Yes. In fact there are three main reasons why I did not upload phonegaim. SM> 1. The main one is that phonegaim's upstream is very unresponsive and SM> unwilling to cooperate. Basically what they say is that they provide the SM> source but *that's all*. I've tried to contact them some time ago for a SM> compilation problem and the answer I got was in substance "you are not a SM> linspire user so we won't help you, try some public forums instead". I'd SM> be glad to find out that I'm wrong or that this has changed. SM> 2. The second reason is that phonegaim uses an old version of linphone SM> (<< 1.0). I'm maintaining linphone and linphone's upstream is nice (but SM> does not have so much free time), so I could make the nessary changes in SM> linphone package to provide the necessary libraries but again there SM> would surely be some modifications to make in phonegaim's source and we SM> would need the help of phonegaim's developers. Please let me know if you SM> manage to do some things in this way. SM> 3. I expect phonegaim package to be a bit time consuming since users SM> would surely want backport of functionalities of gaim (security fixes in SM> particular). I guess I could handle that though if the two points above SM> were solved. The situation is actually more complex than I thought. I'll think a little bit about it and see if there's some way to have better contacts with Linspire people. By chance I have a Linspire box (still brand new, never used), thus I might be considered a little more. I'll let you know. Cheers, Free -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]