Georges Khaznadar wrote:
> Hello Barry,
> 
> I did not receive the bug reports first, because they were not directed
> to ktechlab's maintainer (me).
> 
> Please, can you confirm that I understood correctly the situation? This
> what I understood:
> 
> gpsim is no longer developed, and this package has two RC bugs.
> ktechlab depends on gpsim
> Somebody is asking to remove the package ktechlab.
> 
> ---
> 
> If my analysis is right, I propose the following: add a configuration
> flag --without-gpsim for the script configure, and try to isolate the
> code to be removed to avoid binding ktechlab's code to gpsim.
> 
> Currently, my students, my colleagues and I do rely on ktechlab's
> features to simulate simple circuits made of elementary components. We
> do not need to simulate PIC microcontrollers, so we do not need the
> gpsim part.
> 
> Then the package ktechlab should not be removed, its features should be
> reduced. 
> 
> If somebody revives later gpsim, we can create a new package, for
> example named ktechlab-pic, which may provide "ktechlab".
> 
> What do you think about it?
> 
> Barry deFreese a écrit :
>> tags 563781 + moreinfo
>>
>> thank you
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I understand the need to remove this for gpsim but I would prefer that we 
>> get some feedback from the
>> maintainer since he seems to have been keeping this package up to date.
>>
>> Georges,
>>
>> Are you OK with the removal of ktechlab?  If not, do you have some solution 
>> for the gpsim dependency?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Barry deFreese
>> Debian FTP Assistant
>>
> 
Georges,

Yes, that pretty much sums it up correctly.

Thanks,

Barry deFreese
Debian FTP Assistant




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