Debian Bug report logs - #391889
RM: odontolinux -- RoQA; RC-buggy, no users, maintainer MIA, abandoned upstream

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

From: Amaya Rodrigo Sastre <amaya@debian.org>

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

Subject: Stop prompting on stdout at install/upgrade/remove

Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 00:19:24 +0200

Package: odontolinux
Version: 0.6.1-7.2
Severity: serious

Use debconf instead:

Preparing to replace odontolinux 0.6.1-7.1 (using
.../odontolinux_0.6.1-7.2_all.deb) ...
Do you want to DESTROY the Odontolinux database [y/N] ? y
Destroying Odontolinux! database...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/odontolinux.prerm: line 13: psql: command not found
Database does not exist.
Deleting odontolinux user...
Unpacking replacement odontolinux ...

And also:

Setting up odontolinux (0.6.1-7.2) ...
/usr/share/odontolinux/makedb.sh: line 7: psql: command not found

Odontolinux! database does not exist. You can choose
to create it now, or you can do it lately
launching /usr/share/odontolinux/makedb.sh .
This script has to be launched by the potgres user.
Do you want to create the database now (y/N) ?


/usr/share/odontolinux/makedb.sh: line 24: createdb: command not found
Please read very carefully /usr/share/doc/odontolinux/README
before accessing Odontolinux! web pages...

And also:

Removing odontolinux ...
Do you want to DESTROY the Odontolinux database [y/N] ? y
Destroying Odontolinux! database...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/odontolinux.prerm: line 13: psql: command not found
Database does not exist.
Deleting odontolinux user...

As seen, the Depends are not right either:
/var/lib/dpkg/info/odontolinux.prerm: line 13: psql: command not found
/usr/share/odontolinux/makedb.sh: line 24: createdb: command not found







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Message #10 received at 378634@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Neil Williams <linux@codehelp.co.uk>

To: 378634@bugs.debian.org

Subject: remove odontolinux?

Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 17:26:36 +0100

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I tried to implement some fixes in this package but each one revealed
another, deeper, problem. I've tried to contact the maintainer without
success so far, so I'm posting to the bug report so that at least
someone else doesn't have to do the same.

I began wondering  about the future of odontolinux (if any) and whether
it is worth doing anything about the RC bug at all?

Upstream appears dead, there have only been NMU's as uploads for about 4
years and upgrading the package to php5, debhelper>=5 and debconf does
seem over the top for such a quiet package.

Should odontolinux just be removed from unstable and thence from testing?

Should the RC bug be downgraded and tagged wontfix?


-- 

Neil Williams
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http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/
http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/

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Message #15 received at 378634@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>

To: Neil Williams <linux@codehelp.co.uk>, 378634@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#378634: remove odontolinux?

Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 23:04:51 -0500

On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 05:26:36PM +0100, Neil Williams wrote:
> I tried to implement some fixes in this package but each one revealed
> another, deeper, problem. I've tried to contact the maintainer without
> success so far, so I'm posting to the bug report so that at least
> someone else doesn't have to do the same.

> I began wondering  about the future of odontolinux (if any) and whether
> it is worth doing anything about the RC bug at all?

> Upstream appears dead, there have only been NMU's as uploads for about 4
> years and upgrading the package to php5, debhelper>=5 and debconf does
> seem over the top for such a quiet package.

> Should odontolinux just be removed from unstable and thence from testing?

> Should the RC bug be downgraded and tagged wontfix?

No, it should not be downgraded.

-- 
Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
vorlon@debian.org                                   http://www.debian.org/

Message #20 received at 378634@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Khalid El Fathi <invent@edena-fr.org>

To: 378634@bugs.debian.org, control@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Stop prompting on stdout at install/upgrade/remove

Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 21:53:37 +0200

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--- control.orig	2006-09-08 21:38:13.000000000 +0200
+++ control	2006-09-08 21:39:26.000000000 +0200
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 Package: odontolinux
 Architecture: all
-Depends: php4, php4-pgsql
+Depends: php4, php4-pgsql, postgresql-client
 Suggests: postgresql-8.1 | postgresql-7.4
 Description: Dental office management software (PHP4 + PostgreSQL)
  Odontolinux! is a dental office management software. It is

Message #27 received at 378634@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Michael Ablassmeier <abi@grinser.de>

To: 378634@bugs.debian.org

Subject: hm..

Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:15:06 +0200

hi,

even pulling in the postgresql-client build-dep does not help much (the
database handling is quite hacky, for example it always assumes postgres
to run on localhost etc. etc.). The package should be updated to use
something like `dbconfig-common' for setting up its database. 

bye,
    - michael

Message #34 received at 378634@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>

To: 378634@bugs.debian.org

Cc: debian-qa@lists.debian.org

Subject: Let's remove odontolinux

Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 16:15:13 +0200

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Hello all,

> even pulling in the postgresql-client build-dep does not help much (the
> database handling is quite hacky, for example it always assumes postgres
> to run on localhost etc. etc.). The package should be updated to use
> something like `dbconfig-common' for setting up its database. 

odontolinux has this RC bug which requires quite some overhaul of the
packaging to be fixed. I think removal might be more worthwhile for the
following reasons:

* This RC bug, and another potential one reported by lintian;
* Last MU in 2002;
* Maintainer seems MIA and is upstream;
* Popcon: 1 install 0 votes;
* Upstream website is down.

Combined, I don't think fixing the RC bug(s) is worth the effort for the
package in its current state.

Any objections to removal?

Thijs

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Message #39 received at 378634@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Michael Ablassmeier <abi@grinser.de>

To: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>

Cc: debian-qa@lists.debian.org, 378634@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Let's remove odontolinux

Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 16:26:19 +0200

hi,

On Fri, Oct 06, 2006 at 04:15:13PM +0200, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote:
> Combined, I don't think fixing the RC bug(s) is worth the effort for the
> package in its current state.
> 
> Any objections to removal?

no, please go ahead.

bye,
    - michael

Message #44 received at 378634@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Andreas Tille <tillea@rki.de>

To: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>

Cc: 378634@bugs.debian.org, Debian Quality Assurance Team <debian-qa@lists.debian.org>

Subject: Re: Let's remove odontolinux

Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2006 10:04:27 +0200 (CEST)

On Fri, 6 Oct 2006, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote:

> Combined, I don't think fixing the RC bug(s) is worth the effort for the
> package in its current state.

Even as Debian-Med adictive person I would say:

  When you discover you are riding a dead horse,
  the best strategy is to dismount.

So lets remove it.  I'll drop the med-dent package from Debian-Med
that depends on OdontoLinux.

Kind regards

           Andreas.

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http://fam-tille.de

Message #49 received at 378634@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>

To: 378634@bugs.debian.org, control@bugs.debian.org

Cc: Debian Quality Assurance Team <debian-qa@lists.debian.org>

Subject: Re: Let's remove odontolinux

Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 10:48:48 +0200

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clone 378634 -1
severity -1 normal
retitle -1 RM: odontolinux -- RoQA, RC-buggy, no users, maintainer MIA, dead upstream
reassign -1 ftp.debian.org
thanks

On Sun, 2006-10-08 at 10:04 +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> So lets remove it.  I'll drop the med-dent package from Debian-Med
> that depends on OdontoLinux.

Ok, filing removal request at ftp.debian.org.


Thijs

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Message #72 received at 391889-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

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

To: 391889-close@bugs.debian.org

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

Subject: Bug#391889: fixed

Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 00:14:22 +0000

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

odontolinux |  0.6.1-7.2 | source, all

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
problems.

Bugs which have been reported against this package are not automatically
removed from the Bug Tracking System.  Please check all open bugs and
close them or re-assign them to another package if the removed package
was superseded by another one.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 391889@bugs.debian.org.

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