Update pandoc to latest upstream release 1.5.1.1 (fixed FTBFS, installability)

[Danny O'Brien]

Binary package hint: pandoc

pandoc in debian unstable is currently 1.3-1 -- please sync to the latest debian unstable version.
http://packages.qa.debian.org/p/pandoc.html

[mbana (m.bana)]

I can't believe that package is still at 0.46. Upgrade please!

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

Confirming as per previous comment

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

mbana, you shouldn't have done that, new packages are nominated for releases in development, currently Jaunty.

Anyway, it looks like the new release also requires two other packages, haskell-utf8-string and haskell-zip-archive

[mbana (m.bana)]

Thanks

I hope I'm not asking for too much, but could we also get "Optional syntax highlighting support" see http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/INSTALL.html#optional-syntax-highlighting-support.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

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This bug is tagged needs-packaging which identifies it as a request for a new package in Ubuntu. As a part of the managing needs-packaging bug reports specification, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Specs/NeedsPackagingBugs, all needs-packaging bug reports have Wishlist importance. Subsequently, I'm setting this bug's status to Wishlist.

[reagle (joseph.reagle)]

Yes please, version 1+

[mbana (m.bana)]

+1. Just please make sure provide a feature complete package. I'll just repeat what I said above;

Please compile with syntax highlighting, e.g.,

  CABALOPTS="--user -fhighlighting" make && PREFIX=~ make install-exec

you might as well compile citeproc as well

  http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/INSTALL.html#TOC-optional-citeproc-support

if you need help building, just ping me.

Might as well syn with the svn repo, the current package is very dated.

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

Hi, thanks for your interest, but as I said before, it DEPENDS on:
1) haskell-utf8-string
2) haskell-zip-archive

README file from source:
"Pandoc needs the `utf8-string` and `zip-archive` to compile.
Check your packaging system to see if they are included.
If not, you will need to compile them from source."

Whoever wants to build pandoc, they have to build and include (1) and (2) to Ubuntu BEFORE upgrading pandoc. :)
Also, consider making a package for Debian as well!

Tip: It could be useful to use haskell-devscripts:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=haskell-devscripts

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

By the way, 1.2 is out:
http://code.google.com/p/pandoc/downloads/list

[Malte S. Stretz (mss)]

There's now both libghc6-utf8-string-dev and libhugs-utf8-string available, so I guess only zip-archive has to be packaged?

The 1.2 announcement is here btw: http://groups.google.com/group/pandoc-announce/browse_frm/thread/d78a6c9ce58ed85d

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

I've done some substantial and basic work on this package (It needs a debian/changelog merge).
It still needs zip-archive however:

Configuring pandoc-1.2.1...
setup: At least the following dependencies are missing:
    zip-archive >=0.1.1
dh_haskell_configure: command returned error code 256
make: *** [build-zip] Error 1

[Artur Rona (ari-tczew)]

I found a faq about install pandoc. It got a word about zip-archive. Maybe it will be helpful?
http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/INSTALL.html

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

Unfortunately we have to wait for someone to make a debian package for
the zip-archive, as I don't have any experience with cabal / haskell
packages. I tried to include it somehow, but couldn't succeed, I don't
know the language, I am just trying to help. :)

[Artur Rona (ari-tczew)]

Can you paste a link to zip-archive's homepage? It needs to open bug with needs-packaging request.

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

Done and linked to Debian :)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/402783

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

In one of the upstream bug reports, I was told that the new package
will arrive from debian.
I don't know if that will be done in time for ubuntu 9.10.
Contact the author of pandoc for more info. :-)

On 8/4/09, Artur Rona <email address hidden> wrote:
> ** Summary changed:
>
> - [karmic] Please upgrade pandoc to 1.2.1 version
> + Please upgrade pandoc to 1.2.1 version
>
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> Please upgrade pandoc to 1.2.1 version
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/309528
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[reagle (joseph.reagle)]

Pandoc is now at 1.4, and Lucid is still showing 0.46+2+nmu1.

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

It was taken over recently, and Debian has pandoc 1.3-1 already in its unstable repository.
If not in lucid, it will be definitely in one of the future versions!

[Artur Rona (ari-tczew)]

We are past the Feature Freeze now, so these uploads will need a freeze exception: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FreezeExceptionProcess.

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

On 4 March 2010 17:34, Artur Rona <email address hidden> wrote:
> We are past the Feature Freeze now, so these uploads will need a freeze
> exception: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FreezeExceptionProcess.

I know, but I am not that interested into pandoc, maybe someone else
wants to file the freeze exception process. :)

[Artur Rona (ari-tczew)]

So pandoc will be autosynced from Debian @ lucid+1.

[StefanPotyra (sistpoty)]

FFe ACK to get 1.3.1-1 in *if* it builds for us.

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

I've uploaded it on lucid PPA, currently waiting for it to be built:
https://launchpad.net/~medigeek/+archive/experimental/+sourcepub/994076/+listing-archive-extra
https://launchpad.net/~medigeek/+archive/experimental/+packages

(It's the only lucid package in that PPA)

[Iain Lane (laney)]

It won't build. We'll look to syncing 1.5 in the near future when it's released and uploaded to Debian.

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

cool, thanks!

On 13 March 2010 14:56, Iain Lane <email address hidden> wrote:
> It won't build. We'll look to syncing 1.5 in the near future when it's
> released and uploaded to Debian.
>

[StefanPotyra (sistpoty)]

ok, FFe-wise green lights for 1.5.1-1, as we'll manage to get prerequisites in.

[Iain Lane (laney)]

Cool, thanks! I just uploaded 1.5.1.1-1ubuntu1, but it will go into depwait until all of the syncs are actioned.

Thanks all :)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package pandoc - 1.5.1.1-1ubuntu1

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pandoc (1.5.1.1-1ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low

  * Upload the Debian package with changes to not require a newer CDBS than
    Lucid has. (LP: #309528)
  * Remove references to upstream-tarball.mk; used for getting the upstream
    orig tarball, not strictly necessary.
  * Hardcode dynamically generated paths in pandoc.install

pandoc (1.5.1.1-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release. Closes: 499864.
    + Pandoc no longer requires Template Haskell.
      Closes: bug#559978.
    + Added --base-header-level option.
      Closes: bug#563416.
    + wrapper script html2markdown dropped.
    + Supports new output formats plain text, OpenDocument XML, ODT, GNU
      Texinfo and MediaWiki markup.
  * Update package relations to match new upstream release:
    + Tighten build-dependency on libghc6-zip-archive-dev.
    + Build-depend on libghc6-http-dev, libghc6-texmath-dev,
      libghc6-xml-dev and libghc6-extensible-exceptions-dev.
    + Drop suggestion on tidy, wget or w3m.
  * Tighten build-dependency on cdbs.
  * Drop all local CDBS snippets, and stop declaring DEB_MAINTAINER_MODE
    in rules file: all included with main cdbs package now.
  * Line-wrap changelog at 72 characters, to please lintian.
  * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.4.
  * Rewrite copyright file using draft DEP5 rev. 135 format.
  * Fix have -dev package depend on libghc6-highlighting-kate-doc (not
    bogus highlighting-kate-doc).
    Closes: bug#571402, thanks to Lucas Nussbaum.
  * Fix have pandoc package suggest texlive-latex-extra (not only
    texlive-latex-recommended), for ucs.sty needed for PDF output.
    Closes: bug#571678, thanks to Decklin Foster.
  * Drop fallback-suggestion on tetex-extra: dropped since Lenny
    (stable) and unneeded even for Etch (oldstable).
  * Update long descriptions:
    + Advertise new output formats.
    + Clarify Markdown enhancements as optional.
    + Slightly rephrase comparison with other Markdown parsers.
    + Stop advertising wrapper script html2markdown.
    + Mention wrapper script markdown2pdf by name.
    + Mention markdown2pdf requirements on texlive-latex-extra and
      texlive-xetex.
  * Skip copyright-check of some binary files, to avoid hint file
    accidentally treated as binary.
  * Drop configure option -f-wrappers (to generate Haskell binary for
    markdown2pdf instead of using the deprecated shell wrapper script.
  * Add README.Debian to pandoc package, documenting LaTeX requirements
    of markdown2pdf.
    Closes: bug#488642, thanks to intrigeri.
  * Ship hsmardown.1 manpage with packaging source (provided by upstream
    but considered unsuitable for upstream distribution).

pandoc (1.3-1) unstable; urgency=low

  [ Jonas Smedegaard ]
  * New upstream release.
  * Install (through cdbs) manpages with dh_installman (not dh_install).
  * Drop unneeded configure flag: wrappers.
  * Update local CDBS snippets:
    + Use snippets copyright-check.mk, upstream-tarball.mk and
      buildinfo.mk.
    + Adjust snippets regarding declared build-dependencies.
    + Temporarily work around minor package-relations.mk brokenness.
  * Rewrite...