[Mageia-dev] Pino

Sun Dec 4 19:18:07 CET 2011

Am 03.12.2011 10:03, schrieb Oliver Burger:
+> 2011/12/3 Sebastian <sebsebseb_mageia at gmx.com>:
+>> Pino may be dead or dieing, but it is still a very popular client for
+>> Identi.ca. I find it a very good client, as a result I strongly believe > that it should definitely stay in the repos for Mageia 2.
+>>
+>> If Pino is no longer made I think it would be good for many distros > to still provide it in their repos for at least another year
+>>
+>> Also looking at things from a user point of view, I think that many > computer users don't mind using old software that is no longer
+>> maintained as long as they can still use it for it's intended
+>> purpose. I think that for myself and
+>> many other people that use Identi.ca  Pino is an example of this.
+>>
+>> Unfortunately at the moment though in my install of Mageia 2 Alpha 1 with
+>> the latest updates, I can't install Pino using RPMdrake, because:
+>>
+>> Sorry, the following package cannot be selected:
+>>
+>> - pino-0.2.11-1.mga1.i586 (due to unsatisfied libnotify.so.1)
+>>
+> The problem in this case is: pino isn't working anymore with the newer
+> libraries included in Mageia.
+> It can't be built against those libraries and with no upstream to fix
+> that, one of our packagers would have to take over the de facto
+> development.
+> Also there are alternatives in the repo, aren't there?
+Seconding that!
+Also users may use old versions of software, but from a quality
+assurance and security point of view, Mageia as a distribution
+should not encourage such practics. Think about security fixes,
+or potential bugs. Who will fix them if upstream doesn't?
+>> As for other clients that could be provided in the repos there's Gwibber and
+>> Hotot and so on.
+> gwibber is in the repos, about others I don't know. I don't use that
+> stuff. But you can always file a rpm request on our bugzilla.
+>
+> Oliver
+>
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