[Debichem-devel] Rasmol needs severe contribution to stay in Debian
Michael Banck
mbanck at debian.org
Thu Jul 5 13:43:48 BST 2018
Hi,
On Tue, Jul 03, 2018 at 03:59:01PM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> the bug log of #790196[1] shows that rasmol in its current state will
> not be distributable with Buster. Upstream is dead so if we want to
> keep it in Debian we have the option:
>
> 1) Port it to Gtk+ 3 (see porting guide [2])
> 2) Find a Gtk+ 2 replacement for libvte
> 3) Give up and remove this package from Debian
Maybe another option would be
4) See whether it is possible to rip out GTK from rasmol entirely
I don't think it was always a GTK application, but a native XWindows app
previously. If that is feasible at all, it might remove some features
that users rely on, but there is a chance this would be easier than 1)
or 2).
Michael
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