[Edgy] Update to 1.4.1?

[redacted]

The latest version of Celestia is 1.4.1 and I'd love to see support for it in Edgy since there are so many awesome improvements in the new version. What do you say?

[redacted (redacted)]

The latest version of Celestia is 1.4.1 and I'd love to see support for it in Edgy since there are so many awesome improvements in the new version. What do you say?

[Bruce Cowan (bruce89-deactivatedaccount)]

Debian is still on 1.3.2-3 as well, so this can't be done until they decide to package 1.4.1. There hasn't been any Debian activity for celestia since the 22nd of April.

[redacted (redacted)]

Here's an excellent reason to update Celestia. It's now out of date!! Horribly. Pluto is no longer a planet.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/aprilholladay/2006-08-28-pluto-dwarf_x.htm

http://www.ocolly.com/read_story.php?a_id=30350

Check those out.

[Louis-Xavier Brusset (lxbrusset)]

Maybe the upgrade to 1.4.1 will correct the bug of non-rendering of 3DS elements like ISS of phobos and deimos ....

[Mantas Kriaučiūnas (mantas)]

Christian Bjälevik was tried to update celestia package to 1.4.1, but his work needs to be finished - sources are still not buildable (look at
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/celestia/1.4.1-0ubuntu2 ), even when I've fixed build problems there are missing/duplicating some files:

 - translations (.po files) are in *all* binary packages, instead of being in one celestia-common, (current debian/rules file doesn't even create celestia-common package :( )

 - src/celestia/gtk/data/celestiaui.xml also should be put into celestia-common (or maybe celestia-gnome) package

 - celestia-gnome package includes buggy menu launcher - file src/celestia/gtk/data/celestia.desktop doesn't work with celestia-gnome - Exec and Categories lines should be:
 Exec=celestia-gnome
 Categories=Application;Education;Astronomy;Science;

- celestia (kde binary) does not work on Ubuntu Gnome system, it seems some dependacies are missing...

[Mantas Kriaučiūnas (mantas)]

Christian Bjälevik was tried to update celestia package to 1.4.1, but his work needs to be finished - sources are still not buildable (look at
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/celestia/1.4.1-0ubuntu2 ), even when I've fixed build problems there are missing/duplicating some files:

 - translations (.po files) are in *all* binary packages, instead of being in one celestia-common, (current debian/rules file doesn't even create celestia-common package :( )

 - src/celestia/gtk/data/celestiaui.xml also should be put into celestia-common (or maybe celestia-gnome) package

 - celestia-gnome package includes buggy menu launcher - file src/celestia/gtk/data/celestia.desktop doesn't work with celestia-gnome - Exec and Categories lines should be:
 Exec=celestia-gnome
 Categories=Application;Education;Astronomy;Science;

- celestia (kde binary) does not work on Ubuntu Gnome system, it seems some dependacies are missing...

[Anibal Monsalve Salazar (anibal)]

# the following bugs are closed by packages in NEW
#
tags 345075 pending
tags 374534 pending
tags 381759 pending
tags 388532 pending
tags 417591 pending
tags 421428 pending
thanks

Anibal Monsalve Salazar
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[Mantas Kriaučiūnas (mantas)]

Hi all,

I've noticed, that wonderfull space simulation software - Celestia is
very old in Ubuntu and Debian (look at https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/53491 )
I've noticed, that some people from Debian and Ubuntu are working on new
package, but at this moment there are no stable packages of celestia
1.4.x, look at http://bugs.debian.org/374534 for more info.

Luckily I found Christophe Teyssier's packages at http://epicycle.free.fr/ubuntu/
As these packages still have several bugs I fixed them and uploaded
fixed .diff.gz and packages for Ubuntu 6.10 to
ftp://ftp.akl.lt/Linux/Baltix/Baltix-Ubuntu-packages/edgy/celestia

Christophe, and Debian/Ubuntu developers, please add my improvements to
your builds, here is list of my improvements:

  * Removed libgnome-dev from build-deps - this is for old, gtk1-based
celestia
  * Patched Makefile.in to use $(DESTDIR) in install-data-hook section,
    according to
http://ftp.dlitz.net/pub/dlitz/scratch/2007/02/celestia-1.4.1-for-debian/
    (without this all files in your system's /usr/share/apps/celestia
    folder are removed during compilation of deb package)
  * Removed 'mv bookmarks.xml celestiaui.rc favicons ../../celestia'
from rules
  * Added category "Education" to gtk/data/celestia.desktop and translated
    kde and gtk celestia.desktop files to Lithuanian language (it seems we
    should use only one .desktop file and move it to -common package, as
    now we have only one startup script, which starts -gnome or -kde
    binary automatically)
  * Copied detailed description from celestia to celestia-gnome package
    (currently it's too hard to find space simulator package for gnome users)

It would be nice if my improvements to gtk/data/celestia.desktop would
be included into upstream.

Btw, I'm posting this message to getdeb.net packages portal developers
group, because it would be nice to see celestia packages in getdeb.net
too :)

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[Guus Sliepen (guus)]

On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 11:53:19PM +0300, Mantas Kriaučiūnas wrote:

> I've noticed, that wonderfull space simulation software - Celestia is
> very old in Ubuntu and Debian (look at https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/53491 )
> I've noticed, that some people from Debian and Ubuntu are working on new
> package, but at this moment there are no stable packages of celestia
> 1.4.x, look at http://bugs.debian.org/374534 for more info.
>
> Luckily I found Christophe Teyssier's packages at http://epicycle.free.fr/ubuntu/
> As these packages still have several bugs I fixed them and uploaded
> fixed .diff.gz and packages for Ubuntu 6.10 to
> ftp://ftp.akl.lt/Linux/Baltix/Baltix-Ubuntu-packages/edgy/celestia
>
> Christophe, and Debian/Ubuntu developers, please add my improvements to
> your builds, here is list of my improvements:
[...]

Thanks, I already implemented some of those improvements myself, but
will add the rest as well. I did try to upload celestia to Debian
unstable a while ago, but was blocked by the ftpmasters because of
possible copyright issues. I think I clarified the debian/copyright file
a lot, and will upload it again soon, if it is blocked again then it may
have to go into non-free. If anyone is interested in the discussion I
had with the ftpmaster, I can forward you the emails.

--
Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards,
      Guus Sliepen <email address hidden>

[Kees Cook (kees)]

I've sorted out the bulk of the FTBFS issues with 1.4.1, I think now.

[Kees Cook (kees)]

celestia (1.4.1-0ubuntu3) gutsy; urgency=low

  [ Brian Murray ]
  * debian/rules: exclude .docbook documentation from the dh_compress,
    otherwise KDE can't find and display it (LP: #91308).

  [ Kees Cook ]
  * Fix FTBFS (LP: #53491):
    - configure: force use of pkg-config in configure to locate lua paths.
    - Makefile.in: add missing $(DESTDIR) to "install-data-hook" target.
    - debian/rules: adjust celestia-common for new upstream file locations.
  * src/celestia/gtk/data/celestia.desktop: adjust for correct executable,
    added "Education" category.
  * src/celestia/kde/data/celestia.desktop: added full category list.
  * debian/control: included full descriptions in all front-ends.

 -- Kees Cook <email address hidden> Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:39:54 -0700

[Guus Sliepen (guus)]

Source: celestia
Source-Version: 1.4.1+cvs20070626-1

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
celestia, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

celestia-common_1.4.1+cvs20070626-1_all.deb
  to pool/main/c/celestia/celestia-common_1.4.1+cvs20070626-1_all.deb
celestia-glut_1.4.1+cvs20070626-1_amd64.deb
  to pool/main/c/celestia/celestia-glut_1.4.1+cvs20070626-1_amd64.deb
celestia-gnome_1.4.1+cvs20070626-1_amd64.deb
  to pool/main/c/celestia/celestia-gnome_1.4.1+cvs20070626-1_amd64.deb
celestia-kde_1.4.1+cvs20070626-1_amd64.deb
  to pool/main/c/celestia/celestia-kde_1.4.1+cvs20070626-1_amd64.deb
celestia_1.4.1+cvs20070626-1.diff.gz
  to pool/main/c/celestia/celestia_1.4.1+cvs20070626-1.diff.gz
celestia_1.4.1+cvs20070626-1.dsc
  to pool/main/c/celestia/celestia_1.4.1+cvs20070626-1.dsc
celestia_1.4.1+cvs20070626-1_all.deb
  to pool/main/c/celestia/celestia_1.4.1+cvs20070626-1_all.deb
celestia_1.4.1+cvs20070626.orig.tar.gz
  to pool/main/c/celestia/celestia_1.4.1+cvs20070626.orig.tar.gz

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to <email address hidden>,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Guus Sliepen <email address hidden> (supplier of updated celestia package)

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Format: 1.7
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:10:05 +0200
Source: celestia
Binary: celestia-gnome celestia-kde celestia-common celestia celestia-glut
Architecture: source amd64 all
Version: 1.4.1+cvs20070626-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Guus Sliepen <email address hidden>
Changed-By: Guus Sliepen <email address hidden>
Description:
 celestia - A real-time visual space simulation
 celestia-common - Datafiles for Celestia, a real-time visual space simulation
 celestia-glut - A real-time visual space simulation (GLUT frontend)
 celestia-gnome - A real-time visual space simulation (Gnome frontend)
 celestia-kde - A real-time visual space simulation (KDE frontend)
Closes: 345075 374534
Changes:
 celestia (1.4.1+cvs20070626-1) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Adopting this package. Closes: #374534
   * New upstream release. Closes: #345075
   * Use Dwayne C. Litzenberger's work on 1.4.1 packaging as a basis.
   * Move the KDE frontend to the celestia-kde package, and make the celestia
     package a dummy package that depends on any frontend, with celestia-kde as
     the first choice.
   * Use the alternatives system to let the celestia binary point to one of the
     installed frontends.
   * Rework the package descriptions:
     - Use a shorter and more to the point description, taken from the
       Wikipedia article on Celestia.
     - Add a link to the homepage.
     - Include the full description in all packages.
   * Bump standards version.
   * Rework the debian/copyright file.
   * Homogenise ...

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[Louis-Xavier Brusset (lxbrusset)]

Maybe you should close this bug, on Hardy we now have 1.5.1 ...