On Wed, 14 Mar 2018 09:55:36 +0100, Enrico Tassi wrote: > > Looking at the ChangeLog and the git history, it seems that gconf has > > been replaced by gsettings already in 1.2.6. > > Grepping through the code shows two leftovers, the build dependency in > > debian/control, and a mentioning in PKGS_VALA in Makefile. > > > > If I remove those two pieces, the package builds and the Depends line > > of the syncmaildir-applet binary package loses gconf-service and > > libgconf-2-4. > > > > Patch (git diff against master) attached. > > > > Enrico, do you have time to work on this? Otherwise I'm happy to > > make an upload based on this diff. > > Many thanks for the work!
You're welcome. > I was planning to do a new release (I'm also the upstream, and I have a > couple of pending fixes) and the do the upload fixing the gconf issue. That's good news! > I'm very busy so can't guarantee I'll manage to do it promptly, so if > it helps please do an NMU (and I'll wait the migration to testing before > doing my upload, in case I manage to release quickly). I'm not sure about the timeline for the gconf removal (cc'ing jbicha) but I guess it can wait a bit, and would save some work. In case Jeremy indicates a high urgency I'm happy to to this minimal NMU in between. Cheers, gregor -- .''`. https://info.comodo.priv.at -- Debian Developer https://www.debian.org : :' : OpenPGP fingerprint D1E1 316E 93A7 60A8 104D 85FA BB3A 6801 8649 AA06 `. `' Member VIBE!AT & SPI Inc. -- Supporter Free Software Foundation Europe `- NP: Bruce Springsteen: Bobby Jean
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