Bug#1135005: gerris: recommends gfsview which is not in unstable

[Carles Pina i Estany]

I've found more information.

gfsview source package used to build gfsview binary package. The binary
package was dropped here:

https://salsa.debian.org/science-team/gfsview/-/commit/939ab45f052e69ffbefe8e54d3760c562b8f4ff2

To close:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=967389

I think that gerris should stop Recommending gfsview binary package that
stopped existing some time ago.

Stephane and I will discuss without this bug any other steps regarding
gfsview package.

Cheers and thanks!

On 28 Apr 2026 at 17:15:03, Carles Pina i Estany wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On 28 Apr 2026 at 16:34:44, Stephane Popinet wrote:
> > > In watchfile debian/watch, reading webpage
> > >    http://gerris.dalembert.upmc.fr/gerris/tarballs/ failed: 500 Can't
> > > connect to gerris.dalembert.upmc.fr:443 (certificate verify failed)
> > 
> > The problem with the certificate should be fixed now.
> > 
> > What else can I do to help?
> 
> Thanks - but I think that you are adding comments to the wrong bug (or
> just a "tangencial" bug :-) )
> 
> The bug is that the package "gerris" is recommending a binary package
> "gfsview" which is not available in unstable. You are comenting why the
> "gfsview" is not in unstable, which to me is related but a different
> issue.
> 
> I think that no "gfsview" binary package exists (there is
> "gfsview-batch", "libgfsgl-dev" and "libgfsgl0t64" built from source
> package gfsview).
> 
> I'll get in touch with you by email in a moment to make sure that we are
> discussing the same.
> 
> In this bug: the bug is for "gerris" and I suggest to stop recommending
> a package that does not exist (or recommend another one).
> 
> -- 
> Carles Pina i Estany
> https://carles.pina.cat | carles at pina.cat | cpina at debian.org
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Carles Pina i Estany
https://carles.pina.cat | carles at pina.cat | cpina at debian.org
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