Package: ftp.debian.org Severity: normal User: [email protected] Usertags: remove X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], [email protected] Control: affects -1 + src:octave-vibes
I am hereby requesting the removal package octave-vibes from Debian, on behalf of the Debian Octave Group. This package only makes sense when used together with the VIBES Viewer [1], which has never been packaged for Debian. Furthermore, the package currently FTBFS [2]. This is caused by the fact that the VIBES API uses the file $HOME/.vibes.json to communicate with the VIBES server. Since the Debian autobuilders set HOME="/nonexistent/" [3], then the unit tests for octave-vibes fail. We are not going to the trouble of fixing the octave-vibes package, neither packaging VIBES for Debian. Best, Rafael Laboissière [1] https://github.com/ENSTABretagneRobotics/VIBES [2] http://bugs.debian.org/1057591 [3] https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html#non-existent-home-directories
