[Mageia-dev] dropping mysql-workbench

Fri Mar 30 17:46:10 CEST 2012

On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 05:33:31PM +0200, Maarten wrote in 
+<201203301733.31821.alien at rmail.be>:
+>Op vrijdag 30 maart 2012 10:11:34 schreef nicolas vigier:
+>> On Thu, 29 Mar 2012, Maarten Vanraes wrote:
+>> > unfortunately, atm it doesn't work, so it needs to be rebuilt, but it
+>> > doesn't rebuild at all... and since we're in version freeze, you can't
+>> > just update to a new version. even more is that soon is release
+>> > freeze...
+>>
+>> No, fixing a package that doesn't work can be a good reason for version
+>> freeze exception. So if a new version can help fix the problem, it
+>> should be considered.
+>
+>ic, well in that case, i guess it can be done like this, but if there's no
+>maintainer for it... personally, i have no problem with this being dropped.
+>
+>which is not to say i'm trying to hurt people who use it... but if we can't
+>maintain a package, maybe it's better if the people who want to use it, can
+>get it from upstream themselves.
+
+Not arguing about this... but I think the attached patch fixes at least 
+(part) of the build problem (for the new maintainer to look into ;-)
+
+See also http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=63898
+
+>and since this is from oracle, i guess the maintainer should also doublecheck
+>licensing to be on the safe side, since oracle has relicensed quite some code.
+>who knows, maybe we can't even redistribute it anymore...
+
+I didn't check that... but I did notice that the tarball from upstream 
+(now at 5.2.38) has "gpl" in its name, so assume that's still safe...
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+--- wb.utils_Makefile.am	2012-03-30 17:25:18.219213799 +0200
++++ modules/wb.utils/Makefile.am	2012-03-30 17:27:00.259785100 +0200
+@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+ 
+ pkglibdir=$(libdir)/@PACKAGE@/modules
+ 
+-pkglib_DATA=catalog_utils.grt.lua  tools.grt.lua  wb_utils_grt.py sqlide_grt.py text_grt.py sql_reformatter.py\
++pkgdata_DATA=catalog_utils.grt.lua  tools.grt.lua  wb_utils_grt.py sqlide_grt.py text_grt.py sql_reformatter.py\
+             wb_dev_utils_grt.py table_utils_grt.py code_utils_grt.py
+ 
+--- swig_Makefile.am	2012-03-30 17:25:44.006350969 +0200
++++ library/forms/swig/Makefile.am	2012-03-30 17:27:00.260785106 +0200
+@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
+ pkglib_LTLIBRARIES=_mforms.la
+ 
+ pkglibdir=$(libdir)/@PACKAGE@/modules
+-pkglib_DATA=mforms.py
++pkgdata_DATA=mforms.py
+ 
+ _mforms_la_SOURCES=\
+ mforms_wrap.cxx
+--- wb.doclib_Makefile.am	2012-03-30 17:26:19.209546254 +0200
++++ plugins/wb.doclib/Makefile.am	2012-03-30 17:27:00.260785106 +0200
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+ 
+ pkglibdir=$(libdir)/@PACKAGE@/modules
+ 
+-pkglib_DATA=\
++pkgdata_DATA=\
+   mysqldoclib.py\
+   wb_doclib_grt.py
+ 
+--- frontend_Makefile.am	2012-03-30 17:26:45.481698315 +0200
++++ plugins/wb.admin/frontend/Makefile.am	2012-03-30 17:27:00.260785106 +0200
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+ 
+ pkglibdir=$(libdir)/@PACKAGE@/modules
+ 
+-pkglib_DATA=\
++pkgdata_DATA=\
+     wb_admin_grt.py\
+     wb_admin_monitor.py\
+     wb_admin_utils.py\
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