Re: AL gnustep-core implementation misses gnustep-back

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On 2018-01-09 13:04, LoneVVolf wrote:
> In the recent repo clean up operation gnustep-back was dropped to AUR.
> 
> I have maintained the oolite package when it was still in AUR and
> remember plenty of problems with running oolite against faulty /
> incomplete gnustep-core implementations .
> 
> The gnustep upstream website [1] lists gnustep-back as a required
> package for every gnustep install .
> 
> The ANNOUNCE file in gnustep-back source code [2] states gnustep-gui &
> gnustep-back are 2 components of the display system used by gnustep .
> 
> I feel that removing gnustep-back from gnustep-core group goes against
> arch linux policy of staying as close to upstream as possible.
> 
> Lone_Wolf
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> [1]
> http://wwwmain.gnustep.org/resources/downloads.php?site=ftp%3A%2F%2Fftp.gnustep.org%2Fpub%2Fgnustep%2F#core
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> [2] ftp://ftp.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep/core/gnustep-back-0.25.1.tar.gz

Yes, looks like it shouldn't have been removed. However all GNUstep
packages are unmaintained, so I'd rather drop it all with oolite to AUR
than keep in half-zombie state in repositories.

Sven, any opinion on this?

Bartłomiej



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