Control: reopen -1

On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 07:21:20PM +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
>    * modified the build-dependencies and the variable UNITLIBS in Makefile
>      Closes: #713533

Sorry, but I really don't think this is a good fix for this bug.

-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~), quilt,
- lazarus (>= 0.9.30.4), lcl-gtk2, lcl-units, lcl-utils (>= 0.9.30.4),
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), quilt,
+ lazarus-ide-1.0.8,
+ lcl-gtk2-1.0.8, lcl-units-1.0.8, lcl-utils-1.0.8,

The -1.0.8 packages are no longer built by the current source package in
unstable; so this means that optgeo is now deliberately build-depending
on binary packages that are on death row, as those binaries will want to
be removed very soon.  This is OK for brief transitional periods, but it
isn't sustainable.

I would say that true fixes for this bug would be:

 * port to Lazarus 1.0.10, or fix the regression in 1.0.10 that broke
   the optgeo build, whichever reflects the true state of affairs
 * remove optgeo
 * petition Lazarus package maintainer for a separate 1.0.8 source
   package

... and of course porting to the current version would be best.

Thanks,

-- 
Colin Watson                                       [[email protected]]


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