On 08/23/2017 12:56 PM, Mathias Behrle wrote: > * Mathias Behrle: " [tryton-debian] Bug#785566: Bug#785566: Removing > pygoocanvas after Stretch release" (Sat, 25 Mar 2017 00:29:32 +0100): > > Hi Ross, > > [...] > >>>> According to the upstream bug report, version 0.3 now supports the >>>> latest goocanvas (2.0), so it should already be possible to depend on >>>> gir1.2-goocanvas-2.0 instead of python-pygoocanvas. >>> As https://git.gnome.org/browse/goocanvas/log/ shows, the patches in >>> question were merged (2016-12-15), but not yet released. >>> >>> The latest release of goocanvas in Debian dates from 11 Jun 2015 >>> [2015-08-22] goocanvas-2.0 2.0.2-2 MIGRATED to testing >>> So the according changes are not available in Debian. >>> >>> Please correct me if I am wrong (you are the maintainer of the package...;). >>> Otherwise please provide an updated goocanvas package. >> Sorry about that - the upstream goocalender bug did not mention that the >> changes were dependent on changes pushed to goocanvas, so I missed it. I >> can see that goocanvas seem to be working towards a 3.0 release. I will >> ask for their plans. One option might be to patch things in Debian so >> that we have a path for goocalender before the next problem hits the >> unmaintained pygoocanvas (in Debian and upstream). > Did you get any news on this? Otherwise how do you feel about including the > necessary patches or to package from git to get things done? > > Cheers, > Mathias > > Thanks for the ping. I had not had time to look into it.
I just asked on the upstream list if there is a new release planned soon. If I don't hear anything, I will try patching a version targeted at experimental to play with (hopefully in the next week or so). Cheers, Ross
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