Adeodato Simó wrote:
Package: yorick Version: 1.5.14-1 Severity: seriousHello, This is a serious bug filed against your package because it build-depends on xlibs-dev, which as announced in [1] a while ago, is no longer available in sid. This makes your package fail to build from source. [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/11/msg00022.html To fix this bug, you need to update your build-dependencies and substitute xlibs-dev for the list of individual X development libraries that your package needs to be built. You can find detailed information about how to do that in the DependsXlibsDev wiki page [2]. [2] http://wiki.debian.org/DependsXlibsDev As indicated by the Release Team [3], the full transition from XFree86 to Xorg is a release blocker for Etch, which means that Etch will not be released until this bug is fixed (or your package removed from testing). So, please, try to fix in a timely manner. [3] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/10/msg00004.html The number of affected packages by the xlibs-dev transition is huge, so if you feel like helping with patches or uploads, feel free to follow the instructions contained in the wiki page above. A list of affected packages can be found here [4]. [4] http://people.debian.org/~adeodato/release-usertag/transition-xlibs-dev Finally, if there's a strong reason for which your package should not be NMUed, please note so in this bug report. Prospective NMUers will read your reasoning, and will decide if it's strong enough to delay their upload. Thanks for your collaboration!
Unfortunately, I am no longer able to update my yorick package, because my PGP (!) key for Debian no longer works. I spent some time in August and September 2005 trying to straighten that out, but ran out of time. The conclusion was that I should re-apply as a new developer, which I haven't yet done. I'll try again, but I'm unsure I can make that happen within one week. I have transitioned yorick to sourceforge.net, so I would appreciate it if any NMU to fix this build-depends problem would also change the yorick homepage to yorick.sourceforge.net, and my email address to munro at users dot sourceforge dot net (from ftp-icf.llnl.gov/pub/Yorick and munro1 at llnl dot gov, respectively). As soon as I can get my Debian developer status reinstated, I would like to upgrade the Debian package to version 2.1.02, which is the current sourceforge version. The 1.5.14 Debian package has fallen sadly out of date, since I haven't been able to upgrade it. In the meantime, it would be nice if the Debian package at least pointed users to the correct yorick homepage. I'm sorry for the hassle. Dave Munro
