What about 12.10? I know it EOLed a couple days ago, but 13.04 EOLed even earlier, from what I understand, if I'm not mistaken...
On Monday, May 19, 2014, Scott Howard <[email protected]> wrote: > Following need to be done, I'll work on it > > precise (12.04LTS) (utils): peer-to-peer network based anonymous > digital currency - daemon [universe] > 0.3.24~dfsg-1: amd64 i386 > raring (13.04) (utils): peer-to-peer network based digital currency - > daemon [universe] > 0.8.1-1: amd64 i386 > saucy (13.10) (utils): peer-to-peer network based digital currency - > daemon [universe] > 0.8.5-1: amd64 i386 > > > Following the suggestions here: > On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 6:52 AM, Robie Basak > <[email protected]<javascript:;>> > wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 06:42:06PM -0700, Scott Ritchie wrote: > >> The package should be doable by any Ubuntu Developer since it is just > >> an empty package. > > > > Perhaps add dummy CLI programs and .desktop files, to give the user a > > sensible message rather than an error? > > ** Changed in: bitcoin (Ubuntu) > Assignee: (unassigned) => Scott Howard (showard314) > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1314616 > > Title: > bitcoin to be maintained upstream in PPA: Replace distro archive > "bitcoin" bitcoin with an empty dummy package > > Status in “bitcoin” package in Ubuntu: > New > > Bug description: > The Bitcoin utilities are a set of virtual-currency tools. Going > forward the upstream maintainers have expressed a wish to maintain > 'bitcoin' in a PPA; superseding the version in the main archives. The > 'bitcoin' package has already been removed from 'trusty' and > blacklisted from synching going forward. This bug report covers > earlier versions of Ubuntu, where it is intended to replace the in- > archive versions with a dummy package directing users towards the PPA- > maintained copy. > > See the mailing list discussions at https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives > /ubuntu-motu/2013-December/thread.html and > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-motu/2014-April/thread.html. > > In short: old versions of Bitcoin Core (as it is now known) are > broken, not up to date on bug fixes, etc. > > > http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=bitcoin&searchon=names&suite=all§ion=all > shows that these old versions of the package are shipped in precise, > raring, and saucy. In the past, I'm pretty sure it's also shown > version 0.6.something in quantal, but that appears to have disappeared > from the search. > > My understanding from the ML discussions earlier is that it's > impossible to remove a package from the package lists, but it could be > replaced with an SRU by a dummy package that explains to the user why > it's gone and prompts them to download the software either from the > PPA (ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin) or the release binaries from bitcoin.org. > This is what I'd like to request be done. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bitcoin/+bug/1314616/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1314616 Title: bitcoin to be maintained upstream in PPA: Replace distro archive "bitcoin" bitcoin with an empty dummy package To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bitcoin/+bug/1314616/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
