https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bitcoin/+bug/1314616
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 4:42 AM, Scott Ritchie <[email protected]>wrote: > The package should be doable by any Ubuntu Developer since it is just > an empty package. Process will be your biggest hurdle, as you've > already seen. Do you have a Launchpad bug filed already? A title > like "Replace bitcoin-core with an empty dummy package" should suffice > -- that bug will then be linked in the SRU upload (uploading to > precise-proposed can be done by any dev). After that's done, the SRU > team can be subscribed who will then accept the upload. > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 6:57 AM, Micha Bailey <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi, I brought up the issue of Bitcoin Core (the new name/branding of the > > Bitcoin reference implementation, to distinguish between the specific > > software and the system) and Ubuntu a few months ago. I was told that > while > > it could be (and then it was) removed from the then-next release, Trusty, > > and blacklisted from Debian syncing, it couldn't be removed from the > repos. > > Someone (I seem to remember it being S(teve?) Langasek) mentioned that > one > > possibility was an SRU (I think that was the term for it) that removed > the > > software by "replacing" it with a dummy package. Recently, yet another > user > > came in to the IRC channels and was having problems with version 0.3.24 > as > > shipped in precise. At the time I tried figuring out how to go about > > proposing the dummy package replacement, and was unsuccessful. So, I'm > > asking here: if anyone has the knowledge/skill for it and is willing to > help > > out with the process of "removing" the package? > > -- > > Ubuntu-motu mailing list > > [email protected] > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu > > >
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