[Mageia-dev] [changelog] [RPM] cauldron core/release xfprint-4.6.1-6.mga3

Wed May 30 05:58:50 CEST 2012

On 30.05.2012 00:27, Charles A Edwards wrote:
+> On Tue, 29 May 2012 20:28:46 +0200 (CEST)
+> wally <buildsystem-daemon at mageia.org> wrote:
+> 
+>> Name        : xfprint                      Relocations: (not
+>> relocatable) Version     : 4.6.1                             Vendor:
+>> Mageia.Org Release     : 6.mga3                        Build Date:
+>> Tue May 29 20:27:15 2012 Install Date: (not installed)
+>> Build Host: ecosse.mageia.org Group       : Graphical
+>> desktop/Xfce        Source RPM: (none) Size        :
+>> 851402                           License: GPLv2+ Signature   : (none)
+>> Packager    : wally <wally>
+> 
+> 
+> This package, along with libxfcegui4 and mousepad, should be
+> dropped.
+> 
+> Both libxfcegui4 and xfprint are dead and buried, and no longer 
+> developed or supported upstream.
+> 
+
+Libxfcegui4 is deprecated, but it's not entirely "dead and buried",
+there's still some plugins which aren't ported to libxfce4ui and needs
+libxfcegui4. Also, new version 4.10.0 was released about a month ago
+when Xfce 4.10.0 came out.
+
+> The only app that used the above pkgs was/is mousepad.
+> But even it, in its current incarnation, is also dead.
+> (It is being completely rewritten from scratch but no eta.)
+> 
+> It is suggested that leafpad be used as editor instead.
+> 
+> FWIW other distros; fedora, gentoo, arch etc, have already
+> dropped them.
+> 
+
+Yes, I noticed yesterday that xfprint+mousepad is abandoned upstream,
+but didn't have time to search what other distros have done with them. I
+was planning to do it today and then think what we should do.
+
+So, I agree to drop xfprint and mousepad, but not libxfcegui4.
+