Package: ftp.debian.org Please remove orp.
RoQA; broken, out of date, better alternatives available * Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-13 12:03]: > On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 10:18:39PM -0500, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > > Orp is very broken and has been for quite a while. > > > (for example, bugs 128732, 185881, 236118, 168536) > > I looked into this a while ago - it appears to have been abandoned by > upstream. It's probably possible to fix it to use TLS instead of > peering inside glibc 2.2 internals. > > -- > "You grabbed my hand and we fell into it, like a daydream - or a fever." > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] * tbm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-14 21:10]: > * Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-13 12:03]: > > On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 10:18:39PM -0500, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > > > Orp is very broken and has been for quite a while. > > > (for example, bugs 128732, 185881, 236118, 168536) > > > > I looked into this a while ago - it appears to have been abandoned by > > upstream. It's probably possible to fix it to use TLS instead of > > peering inside glibc 2.2 internals. > > Is anyone working on this or is this just wishful thinking? > > Takashi, are you working on this issue or should the package just be > removed? > -- > Martin Michlmayr > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-14 21:16]: > On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 09:10:53PM +0000, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > > * Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-13 12:03]: > > > > I looked into this a while ago - it appears to have been abandoned by > > > upstream. It's probably possible to fix it to use TLS instead of > > > peering inside glibc 2.2 internals. > > > Is anyone working on this or is this just wishful thinking? > > Not as far as I know. > > -- > "You grabbed my hand and we fell into it, like a daydream - or a fever." > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Arnaud Vandyck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-15 15:29]: > Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 09:10:53PM +0000, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > >> * Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-13 12:03]: > > > >> > I looked into this a while ago - it appears to have been abandoned by > >> > upstream. It's probably possible to fix it to use TLS instead of > >> > peering inside glibc 2.2 internals. > > > >> Is anyone working on this or is this just wishful thinking? > > > > Not as far as I know. > > 1° it's in contrib > > 2° no upload since Sun, 20 Jan 2002 20:28:33 +0900 > > http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/contrib/o/orp/orp_1.0.9-1/changelog > > 3° last upstream update 2002-05-24 00:00 > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=25513 > > 4° only exists on i386 > > 5° at the moment, orp runs with gnu/classpath so it seems to be a > virtual machine for java, we already have several JVM in main > > HTH, Cheers, > > -- > .''`. > : :' :rnaud > `. `' > `- -- Martin Michlmayr [EMAIL PROTECTED]
