Debian Bug report logs - #160916
O: fpm -- Password Manager

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Brian May <bam@snoopy.apana.org.au>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: RFA: fpm -- Password Manager

Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 10:20:28 +1000

Package: wnpp
Version: N/A; reported 2002-09-15
Severity: normal

I request an adopter for the fpm package.
The package description is:
 Figaro's Password Manager is a program that allows you to securely store the
 passwords you use on the web.

My reasons are as follows:

1. Can no longer build for unstable. I have tried hacking at
the Makefiles, etc, but it still won't build. Also I get
warnings for issues that I just fixed. eg. for some reason
the intl directory is no longer created.

2. Somebody with more understanding of Gnome, Glade, will probably
be able to fix this faster then I can.

3. This package is probably better suited to someone who
tracks unstable (as all my computers run stable). It is no longer
possible to have the same version compile on woody and unstable
due to the build-depends change (see below).

4. No active upstream maintainer.

This package contains 3 bugs, 2 which should be easy to fix, not
sure about the other one (which was forwarded upstream to the
non-active upstream maintainer.)

The version in Debian requires the build depends to be changed
from gdk-imlib-dev to gdk-imlib1-dev. I can provide my source
with my other changes if requested, but it might be better to
use the Debian version as a starting point.

-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.0
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux scrooge 2.4.18 #1 Sun Jul 14 19:42:26 EST 2002 i686
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB

Message #10 received at 160916@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Brian May <bam@snoopy.apana.org.au>

To: 160916@bugs.debian.org

Cc: control@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: RFA: fpm -- Password Manager

Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 10:59:04 +1000

retitle 160916 O: fpm -- Password Manager
thanks

After receiving one more bug report, I have decided to orphan fpm,
because:

> 1. Can no longer build for unstable. I have tried hacking at
> the Makefiles, etc, but it still won't build. Also I get
> warnings for issues that I just fixed. eg. for some reason
> the intl directory is no longer created.
> 
> 2. Somebody with more understanding of Gnome, Glade, will probably
> be able to fix this faster then I can.
> 
> 3. This package is probably better suited to someone who
> tracks unstable (as all my computers run stable). It is no longer
> possible to have the same version compile on woody and unstable
> due to the build-depends change (see below).
> 
> 4. No active upstream maintainer.

5. The code is of bad quality, see bugs #144895 and #161596.
-- 
Brian May <bam@snoopy.apana.org.au>

Message #17 received at 160916-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Brian May <bam@snoopy.apana.org.au>

To: ranty@debian.org

Cc: 160916-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Getting fpm to build on Debian sid

Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 17:23:33 +1100

Note for bug #160916.

I am going to resume maintaining fpm with help from Manuel, because
we have now got it compiling again[1].

On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 11:03:44AM +0100, Manuel Estrada Sainz wrote:
>  Would you add me to Uploaders? I follow sid, I am already subcribed to
>  fpm's pts and anyway, having more than one maintainer is a good thing.

Is it just a matter of adding:

Uploaders: Manuel Estrada Sainz <ranty@debian.org>

to the control file?

>  Oh, and if you don't want to be considered Non-Maintainer, you should
>  close Bug#160916.

Ok, will do so.

Notes:
[1] so far fpm has build on all platforms except s390 (CVS is
broken) and mipsel (build depends are uninstallable). These aren't
fpm's fault. Yeah!
-- 
Brian May <bam@snoopy.apana.org.au>

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