Bug#967889: Do we have resources to keep tiemu (Texas Instruments calculators emulator)

[Andreas B. Mundt]

Hi Andreas, everybody,

On Sat, Dec 21, 2024 at 07:43:33AM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote:
> 
> bug
>   #967889 tiemu: depends on deprecated libglade2
> became RC and I guess sooner or late
>   #967773 tiemu: depends on deprecated GTK 2
>   #1038572 tiemu: Depends on SDL 1.2
> will become relevant sooner or later.
> 
> As far as I can see upstream is in low maintenance mode even if not
> inactive.  Do you think the used toolset will be changed in a foreseable
> time frame so keeping tiemu might be possible or is it rather probable
> we need to ged rid of this package?

I filed an issue upstream quite some time ago [1], but it looks like
nobody is working on it.  I fear, after managing to keep the
TI-programs alive in Debian for quite some time, it's not worth the
effort to keep them for trixie and the time being.

Best regards,

  Andi


[1] https://github.com/debrouxl/tiemu/issues/6