Comment 25 for bug 657564

Hi again ^_^
I'll let Matttbe explain in details, but one of the main problems is the
dependencies.
the dependencies list of the Debian package is just ridiculous (see my
previous mail for the exact list -- by the way for the 2.4 upower has been
added).
this is a very big problem, as many people won't install a program that will
pull so many dependencies.

I don't even talk about the one-package-for-each-plug-in approach, since it
has finally been worked-around with the "cairo-dock" meta-package.

2011/8/24 Jeremy Bicha <email address hidden>

> Hi, I realize you have strong feelings about this, but please remember
> that Ubuntu is a Debian derivative. That means that packaging in Debian
> is upstream. Ideally, the packages would be as close as possible to
> reduce duplicate work.
>
> Why are you continuing to maintain two different duplicate packages?
> Please just use the Debian name conventions and the old source package
> can be removed from the Ubuntu repositories.
>
> What do you mean that Debian is refusing to apply patches from upstream?
> What are these patches? Are there bugs about them in Debian's bug
> tracker, and why doesn't upstream just release a new tarball? Unless you
> really mean that upstream prefers a certain packaging layout which is
> not something that upstream needs to worry about.
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/657564
>
> Title:
> Duplicated package with cairo-dock-plugins (coming from Debian)
>
> Status in “cairo-dock-plug-ins” package in Ubuntu:
> In Progress
> Status in “cairo-dock-plugins” package in Ubuntu:
> In Progress
> Status in “cairo-dock-plug-ins” source package in Natty:
> In Progress
> Status in “cairo-dock-plugins” source package in Natty:
> In Progress
> Status in “cairo-dock-plug-ins” source package in Oneiric:
> In Progress
> Status in “cairo-dock-plugins” source package in Oneiric:
> In Progress
> Status in “cairo-dock-plugins” package in Debian:
> In Progress
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: cairo-dock-plug-ins
>
> Hi,
>
> After syncing cairo-dock-plugin package from debian, we now have two
> time the same source in the archive. Please work with Debian to be
> able to merge the 2 packages, and have it only once.
>
> Thanks,
> Fabrice
>
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