Debian Bug report logs - #364092
RM: mxv -- Ro??; old, buggy, maintainer probably MIA

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

From: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>

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

Subject: RM: mxv -- old, buggy, maintainer probably MIA

Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 16:03:17 +0200

Package: ftp.debian.org
Severity: normal

Hello,

Please consider removing mxv from the archive.
It is old, has at least one RC bug ATM, does not compile anymore
and the maintainer mail address is no more routeable.

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Message #10 received at 364092@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org>

To: 364092@bugs.debian.org

Cc: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>, Matt Flax <flatmax@ieee.org>

Subject: Re: RM: mxv -- old, buggy, maintainer probably MIA

Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 11:59:40 +0200

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Re: Julien Danjou 2006-04-21 <20060421140317.4564.85276.reportbug@abydos.adm.naquadah.org>
> Package: ftp.debian.org
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Please consider removing mxv from the archive.
> It is old, has at least one RC bug ATM, does not compile anymore
> and the maintainer mail address is no more routeable.

Hi,

I've been in contact with Matt about his packages. He's busy with his
PhD right now, and has pondered giving up some for adoption. His mail
address still works. (That is, it worked 5 weeks ago.)

Matt, what's with 'mxv'? Can we remove that or is it still useful?

Christoph
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Message #15 received at 364092@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Matt Flax <flatmax@Matt.Flax>

To: Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org>, 364092@bugs.debian.org, Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>, Matt Flax <flatmax@ieee.org>

Subject: Re: RM: mxv -- old, buggy, maintainer probably MIA

Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 21:28:45 +1000

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Indeed,

I think it may be time to file for VAC now ... sorry about my lack of 
time. I know we are all really busy here, and my PhD doesn't really give 
me an excuse... but I can also propose something a little better ...

I have decided to do the following :
a] First I have Blind Carbon Copied (BCC) the creater of 'mxv' to 
see if he is interested in maintaining it as his entry skills test to 
join the Debian distribution. May he please answer back if he is 
interested.

b] Decided to make Debain a first release point of my WSOLA and other 
packages I have released here ... this should cut down my work load and 
yet keep my code maintained ... probably at the next release of the 
packages ...
If there a bug problems ... and the severity is really bad ... like 
serious ... then they should be removed from Debian so as not to stop 
the next release cycle. If the bugs aren't really that bad I will 
re-assign them to more reaslistic severity settings ...

thanks
Matt
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On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 11:59:40AM +0200, Christoph Berg wrote:
> Re: Julien Danjou 2006-04-21 <20060421140317.4564.85276.reportbug@abydos.adm.naquadah.org>
> > Package: ftp.debian.org
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > Please consider removing mxv from the archive.
> > It is old, has at least one RC bug ATM, does not compile anymore
> > and the maintainer mail address is no more routeable.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've been in contact with Matt about his packages. He's busy with his
> PhD right now, and has pondered giving up some for adoption. His mail
> address still works. (That is, it worked 5 weeks ago.)
> 
> Matt, what's with 'mxv'? Can we remove that or is it still useful?
> 
> Christoph
> -- 
> cb@df7cb.de | http://www.df7cb.de/



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Message #20 received at 364092@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Douglas Scott <netdscott@netscape.net>

To: Matt Flax <flatmax@ieee.org>

Cc: Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org>, 364092@bugs.debian.org, Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>

Subject: Re: RM: mxv -- old, buggy, maintainer probably MIA

Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 20:56:55 -0700

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Yes, of course I am interested in maintaining mxv.  Has there been a 
discussion of problems with compiling it?  Has my mailing address, 
"mixviews@create.ucsb.edu", gone out of service?  I have continued to 
work slowly on MiXViews over the past few years.  It is available 
elsewhere besides Debian, which (I hate to say) seems to always be a 
version or 3 behind.

Just give me the details on what needs to be done.  I build mxv from 
source on my Linux box at home on a regular basis.

-Douglas Scott

flatmax@Matt.Flax wrote:

>Indeed,
>
>I think it may be time to file for VAC now ... sorry about my lack of 
>time. I know we are all really busy here, and my PhD doesn't really give 
>me an excuse... but I can also propose something a little better ...
>
>I have decided to do the following :
>a] First I have Blind Carbon Copied (BCC) the creater of 'mxv' to 
>see if he is interested in maintaining it as his entry skills test to 
>join the Debian distribution. May he please answer back if he is 
>interested.
>
>b] Decided to make Debain a first release point of my WSOLA and other 
>packages I have released here ... this should cut down my work load and 
>yet keep my code maintained ... probably at the next release of the 
>packages ...
>If there a bug problems ... and the severity is really bad ... like 
>serious ... then they should be removed from Debian so as not to stop 
>the next release cycle. If the bugs aren't really that bad I will 
>re-assign them to more reaslistic severity settings ...
>
>thanks
>Matt
>--
>http://www.flatmaxstudios.com/
>http://www.flatmax.org
>
>Public Projects :
>http://sourceforge.net/search/?type_of_search=soft&words=mffm
>
>
>
>
>On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 11:59:40AM +0200, Christoph Berg wrote:
>  
>
>>Re: Julien Danjou 2006-04-21 <20060421140317.4564.85276.reportbug@abydos.adm.naquadah.org>
>>    
>>
>>>Package: ftp.debian.org
>>>Severity: normal
>>>
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>Please consider removing mxv from the archive.
>>>It is old, has at least one RC bug ATM, does not compile anymore
>>>and the maintainer mail address is no more routeable.
>>>      
>>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I've been in contact with Matt about his packages. He's busy with his
>>PhD right now, and has pondered giving up some for adoption. His mail
>>address still works. (That is, it worked 5 weeks ago.)
>>
>>Matt, what's with 'mxv'? Can we remove that or is it still useful?
>>
>>Christoph
>>-- 
>>cb@df7cb.de | http://www.df7cb.de/
>>    
>>
>
>
>
>  
>

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Message #23 received at 364092@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org>

To: Douglas Scott <netdscott@netscape.net>

Cc: Matt Flax <flatmax@ieee.org>, 364092@bugs.debian.org, Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>

Subject: Re: RM: mxv -- old, buggy, maintainer probably MIA

Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 12:32:26 +0200

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Re: Douglas Scott 2006-05-02 <4456D887.8070609@netscape.net>
> Just give me the details on what needs to be done.  I build mxv from 
> source on my Linux box at home on a regular basis.

Currently, mxv fails to build on Sid because ivtools-dev is
uninstallalable:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  ivtools-dev: Depends: xlibs-dev but it is not installable

The ivtools maintainer is looking for someone to take over the
package since 2002, see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=164800
where one failed attempt is documented.

So as it looks, ivtools and maybe even ace have to be fixed first.

Christoph
-- 
cb@df7cb.de | http://www.df7cb.de/

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Message #28 received at 364092@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Douglas Scott <netdscott@netscape.net>

To: myon@debian.org

Cc: Matt Flax <flatmax@ieee.org>, 364092@bugs.debian.org, Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>

Subject: Re: RM: mxv -- old, buggy, maintainer probably MIA

Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 22:17:49 -0700

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I dont even know what "ace" is.  I have to admit I know nothing of the 
way Debian makes software available.  I have all the InterViews software 
patched to the point that it will compile on my Linux box (I use 
Mandriva).  I am perfectly happy to supply someone else with the updated 
code, but that would be the extent of my involvement.

-Doug

myon@debian.org wrote:

>Re: Douglas Scott 2006-05-02 <4456D887.8070609@netscape.net>
>  
>
>>Just give me the details on what needs to be done.  I build mxv from 
>>source on my Linux box at home on a regular basis.
>>    
>>
>
>Currently, mxv fails to build on Sid because ivtools-dev is
>uninstallalable:
>
>The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  ivtools-dev: Depends: xlibs-dev but it is not installable
>
>The ivtools maintainer is looking for someone to take over the
>package since 2002, see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=164800
>where one failed attempt is documented.
>
>So as it looks, ivtools and maybe even ace have to be fixed first.
>
>Christoph
>  
>

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Message #31 received at 364092@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org>

To: Douglas Scott <netdscott@netscape.net>

Cc: Matt Flax <flatmax@ieee.org>, 364092@bugs.debian.org, Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>

Subject: Re: RM: mxv -- old, buggy, maintainer probably MIA

Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 07:50:16 +0200

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Re: Douglas Scott 2006-05-06 <445C317D.7010601@netscape.net>
> I dont even know what "ace" is.  I have to admit I know nothing of the 
> way Debian makes software available.  I have all the InterViews software 
> patched to the point that it will compile on my Linux box (I use 
> Mandriva).  I am perfectly happy to supply someone else with the updated 
> code, but that would be the extent of my involvement.

Hi Doug,

I've fixed ivtools (aka InterViews), but it has yet to pass the "NEW
queue", i.e. it will hit the archive within the next days. I'll follow
up again here when this has happened.

Christoph
-- 
cb@df7cb.de | http://www.df7cb.de/

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Message #34 received at 364092@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org>

To: 372649@bugs.debian.org, 364092@bugs.debian.org

Cc: Douglas Scott <netdscott@netscape.net>, Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>

Subject: mxv and ivtools

Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:27:11 +0200

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reassign 378525 ivtools
thanks

Here's a summary about the current situation of ivtools and mxv in
Debian:

ace:
 ace is a Build-Dependency of ivtools. ace currently fails to build on
 hppa due to internal compiler errors. That will hopefully resolve
 itself soon. Because the -dev package is uninstallable, ivtools does
 not build either there.

ivtools:
 I've NMUed ivtools for the X.org transition (moving stuff to /usr
 from /usr/X11R6), thought it looks like there are some paths still
 pointing at the old location. (See #378525.)

 The source is a big mess of Imakefiles, I'm not going to spend any
 more time on it - sorry.

mxv:
 There's also #280302, but it includes a patch. So once ivtools is
 fixed, mxv could be built again.

If anyone is interested in taking over mxv maintenance in Debian, they
probably have to take over ivtools as well - the current maintainer
has RFA'ed the package.

About the removal request of mxv (#364092), I suggest waiting for a
reply from Douglas.

Douglas: if you have questions about anything in this mail, please ask
me - though I'm not going to fix any of the bugs myself.

Christoph
-- 
cb@df7cb.de | http://www.df7cb.de/

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Message #39 received at 364092-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Debian Archive Maintenance <ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org>

To: 364092-close@bugs.debian.org

Cc: mxv@packages.debian.org, mxv@packages.qa.debian.org

Subject: Bug#364092: fixed

Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2006 10:54:33 -0700

We believe that the bug you reported is now fixed; the following
package(s) have been removed from unstable:

       mxv |     1.32-3 | source, alpha, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, m68k, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc

Note that the package(s) have simply been removed from the tag
database and may (or may not) still be in the pool; this is not a bug.
The package(s) will be physically removed automatically when no suite
references them (and in the case of source, when no binary references
it).  Please also remember that the changes have been done on the
master archive (ftp-master.debian.org) and will not propagate to any
mirrors (ftp.debian.org included) until the next cron.daily run at the
earliest.

Packages are never removed from testing by hand.  Testing tracks
unstable and will automatically remove packages which were removed
from unstable when removing them from testing causes no dependency
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Bugs which have been reported against this package are not automatically
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