Comment 2 for bug 1769303

Dear Hans,
Thanks for getting back to me and troubleshooting. Much appreciated.
I am only a scientist but not a developer. But is there anyway I can help.
Best,
Raad Nashmi

On Sat, May 5, 2018 at 1:41 AM, Hans Joachim Desserud <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Thanks for reporting.
>
> >From the package publishing history it looks like it was removed because
> the package hadn't been ported to QT5, see
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/scidavis/+publishinghistory or
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=894581 for more
> details. (Looks like it was first removed from Debian, and then Ubuntu
> followed).
>
> So it looks like a QT5-version of scidavis could be readded to the
> current development version of Ubuntu, and perhaps from there backported
> to 18.04.
>
> ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #894581
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=894581
>
> ** Package changed: ubuntu => scidavis (Ubuntu)
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1769303
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> Title:
> scidavis package not in bionic repository
>
> Status in scidavis package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Hi,
> In my opinion scidavis is the best free and open source data
> visualization program out there. Scidavis was available in the Ubuntu
> repository for 16.04 and 17.10. However, it does not appear to be
> available in the Ubuntu 18.04LTS repository. This is odd because I did see
> scidavis the latest version 1.22-1 in Ubuntu launchpad (
> launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/scidavis/1:1.22-1).
> Is there anything I can do to help make scidavis 1.22-1 available in
> Ubuntu 18.04 repository or is it too late?
> Thanks,
> Raad Nashmi
>
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