Please remove this package from Ubuntu

[François Marier]

Binary package hint: ingimp

This package needs to be fully in sync with the GIMP source in order to work well.

Moreover, I think that the right way to handle this would be to integrate it directly into the GIMP. Otherwise, it will double the GIMP-related security work. See this Debian bug for more info:

  http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=432765

Since the package is restricted to unstable in Debian (it will never be part of a stable release), I suggest that it be removed from all Ubuntu releases (it was removed from Hardy). Is there a way to have a sync exception so that this package will never be synced from Debian?

Francois
(Debian maintainer for ingimp)

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Thanks for pointing this out!

2008-04-18 14:24:48 INFO Removing candidates:
2008-04-18 14:24:48 INFO ingimp 2.4.2.20071119-3 in hardy
2008-04-18 14:24:48 INFO ingimp 2.4.2.20071119-3 in hardy amd64
2008-04-18 14:24:48 INFO ingimp 2.4.2.20071119-3 in hardy hppa
2008-04-18 14:24:48 INFO ingimp 2.4.2.20071119-3 in hardy i386
2008-04-18 14:24:48 INFO ingimp 2.4.2.20071119-3 in hardy ia64
2008-04-18 14:24:48 INFO ingimp 2.4.2.20071119-3 in hardy lpia
2008-04-18 14:24:48 INFO ingimp 2.4.2.20071119-3 in hardy powerpc
2008-04-18 14:24:48 INFO ingimp 2.4.2.20071119-3 in hardy sparc
2008-04-18 14:24:48 INFO Removed-by: Martin Pitt
2008-04-18 14:24:48 INFO Comment: not suitable for stable release, out of sync with gimp, RoDD, #216613

[François Marier (fmarier)]

Please remove this package from Intrepid also.

And if there is a way to automatically prevent it from making it to future Ubuntu releases, that would be great.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

2008-09-05 08:50:27 INFO Removing candidates:
2008-09-05 08:50:27 INFO ingimp 2.4.6.20080531-2 in intrepid
2008-09-05 08:50:27 INFO ingimp 2.4.6.20080531-2 in intrepid amd64
2008-09-05 08:50:27 INFO ingimp 2.4.6.20080531-2 in intrepid i386
2008-09-05 08:50:27 INFO ingimp 2.4.6.20080531-2 in intrepid ia64
2008-09-05 08:50:27 INFO ingimp 2.4.6.20080531-2 in intrepid lpia
2008-09-05 08:50:27 INFO ingimp 2.4.6.20080531-2 in intrepid powerpc
2008-09-05 08:50:27 INFO ingimp 2.4.6.20080531-2 in intrepid sparc
2008-09-05 08:50:27 INFO Removed-by: Martin Pitt
2008-09-05 08:50:27 INFO Comment: not suitable for stable release, out of sync with gimp, RoDD, #216613
2008-09-05 08:50:27 INFO 7 packages successfully removed.

Added to the sync blacklist, too, thanks!