Bug#806176: jessie-pu: package gnome-gmail/1.8.3-1

[Dave Steele]

On Fri, Jan 1, 2016 at 11:10 PM, Dave Steele  wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 1, 2016 at 12:28 PM, Julien Cristau  wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 20:52:56 -0500, Dave Steele wrote:
>>
>>
>> > A diff of the changes is a bit problematic. An interactive compare is
>> > available at
>> >
>> > https://github.com/davesteele/gnome-gmail/compare/debian/1.8.3-1...updates-jessie
>> >
>> "problematic" is putting it nicely.  I don't think we're ready to accept
>> a complete rewrite as a stable update, sorry.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Julien
>
>
> It's not a rewrite - the changes are not as extensive as the patch makes them 
> look. The main script had a name change that git didn't catch.
>
> Moving on, this leaves stable with a totally broken package. I'd like to 
> resolve that. Can we remove gnome-gmail from stable, without affecting the 
> status in testing or sid?
>

Removal request submitted as #814860.

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=814860

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Bug#806176: jessie-pu: package gnome-gmail/1.8.3-1

[Dave Steele]

On Fri, Jan 1, 2016 at 12:28 PM, Julien Cristau  wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 20:52:56 -0500, Dave Steele wrote:
>
>
> > A diff of the changes is a bit problematic. An interactive compare is
> > available at
> >
> >
> https://github.com/davesteele/gnome-gmail/compare/debian/1.8.3-1...updates-jessie
> >
> "problematic" is putting it nicely.  I don't think we're ready to accept
> a complete rewrite as a stable update, sorry.
>
> Cheers,
> Julien
>

It's not a rewrite - the changes are not as extensive as the patch makes
them look. The main script had a name change that git didn't catch.

Moving on, this leaves stable with a totally broken package. I'd like to
resolve that. Can we remove gnome-gmail from stable, without affecting the
status in testing or sid?

-- 
"Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien" - Voltaire

Bug#806176: jessie-pu: package gnome-gmail/1.8.3-1

[Julien Cristau]

On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 20:52:56 -0500, Dave Steele wrote:

> Per 805926, gnome-gmail is broken on Jessie due to a lack of support
> for OAuth2, and a reliance on GNOME 2 for configuration data. I went
> through the exercise of crafting a minimal upgrade to address these
> two issues, and have come to the conclusion that it makes more sense
> to backport July's 1.9.3-1 release instead.
> 
> Basing the stable release on 1.9.3 adds other changes that make sense in 
> stable:
> 
>  - Adapt to the changing levels of default mailer support required by
> LibreOffice
>  - Replace the partially-deprecated GMail IMAP extensions with the
> more robust/secure GMail API
>  - Improve the reverse-engineered GMail simple draft access URL
>  - Support for multiple GMail accounts
>  - Support for source tar signatures
>  - Support for additional languages
> 
> External repo access to GNOME Gmail 1.9.3 has been available for some
> time. I've tested this release against Jessie. There have been no
> problem reports from Jessie users.
> 
> https://davesteele.github.io/gnome-gmail/ppa.html
> 
> A diff of the changes is a bit problematic. An interactive compare is
> available at
> 
> https://github.com/davesteele/gnome-gmail/compare/debian/1.8.3-1...updates-jessie
> 
"problematic" is putting it nicely.  I don't think we're ready to accept
a complete rewrite as a stable update, sorry.

Cheers,
Julien


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Bug#806176: jessie-pu: package gnome-gmail/1.8.3-1

[Adam D. Barratt]

On Tue, 2015-11-24 at 20:52 -0500, Dave Steele wrote:
> Per 805926, gnome-gmail is broken on Jessie due to a lack of support
> for OAuth2, and a reliance on GNOME 2 for configuration data. I went
> through the exercise of crafting a minimal upgrade to address these
> two issues, and have come to the conclusion that it makes more sense
> to backport July's 1.9.3-1 release instead.

A package for this was uploaded, and I've just flagged it for rejection.

Aside from the lack of discussion, the package was incorrectly versioned
as 1.9.3-1+deb8u1, making it higher than the 1.9.3 package currently in
unstable (as would have become evident had a full diff been provided and
discussed).

Regards,

Adam

Bug#806176: jessie-pu: package gnome-gmail/1.8.3-1

[Dave Steele]

On Sun, Nov 29, 2015, 4:23 PM Adam D. Barratt 
wrote:

> On Tue, 2015-11-24 at 20:52 -0500, Dave Steele wrote:
> > Per 805926, gnome-gmail is broken on Jessie due to a lack of support
> > for OAuth2, and a reliance on GNOME 2 for configuration data. I went
> > through the exercise of crafting a minimal upgrade to address these
> > two issues, and have come to the conclusion that it makes more sense
> > to backport July's 1.9.3-1 release instead.
>
> A package for this was uploaded, and I've just flagged it for rejection.
>
> Aside from the lack of discussion, the package was incorrectly versioned
> as 1.9.3-1+deb8u1, making it higher than the 1.9.3 package currently in
> unstable (as would have become evident had a full diff been provided and
> discussed).
>
> Regards,
>
> Adam
>
> The diff is available via the URL provided. I'm available for discussion,
and to follow direction.

Bug#806176: jessie-pu: package gnome-gmail/1.8.3-1

[Dave Steele]

Package: release.debian.org
Severity: normal
Tags: jessie
User: release.debian@packages.debian.org
Usertags: pu
thanks


Per 805926, gnome-gmail is broken on Jessie due to a lack of support
for OAuth2, and a reliance on GNOME 2 for configuration data. I went
through the exercise of crafting a minimal upgrade to address these
two issues, and have come to the conclusion that it makes more sense
to backport July's 1.9.3-1 release instead.

Basing the stable release on 1.9.3 adds other changes that make sense in stable:

 - Adapt to the changing levels of default mailer support required by
LibreOffice
 - Replace the partially-deprecated GMail IMAP extensions with the
more robust/secure GMail API
 - Improve the reverse-engineered GMail simple draft access URL
 - Support for multiple GMail accounts
 - Support for source tar signatures
 - Support for additional languages

External repo access to GNOME Gmail 1.9.3 has been available for some
time. I've tested this release against Jessie. There have been no
problem reports from Jessie users.

https://davesteele.github.io/gnome-gmail/ppa.html

A diff of the changes is a bit problematic. An interactive compare is
available at

https://github.com/davesteele/gnome-gmail/compare/debian/1.8.3-1...updates-jessie

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"Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien" - Voltaire