Bug 539404 – app-portage/elogviewer-0.6.2-r3 Please stabilize

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Brian Dolbec (RETIRED) 2015-02-09 00:17:04 UTC]

app-portage/elogviewer-0.6.2-r3 is the last version that supports the gtk+ frontend.  It has users that still want this version.

Please stabilize so we can remove the older 0.5.2-r2 ebuild using the old python eclass.

Reproducible: Always

[Comment 1 Agostino Sarubbo 2015-02-09 08:19:03 UTC]

amd64 stable

[Comment 2 Agostino Sarubbo 2015-02-10 10:15:21 UTC]

x86 stable

[Comment 3 Mathias Laurin 2015-02-18 21:23:15 UTC]

(In reply to Brian Dolbec from comment #0)
> app-portage/elogviewer-0.6.2-r3 is the last version that supports the gtk+
> frontend.  It has users that still want this version.

As the author, may I ask why?

0.6.2 is from 2010 and therefore is gtk2, python with old-style
classes and print statement (and therefore not python 3
friendly) and has less features.

I am now working on unit-testing elogviewer 2 and getting rid of
noncritical bugs.

Do you know why anyone would like to stay with an older
version?—This is a genuine question. I am happy to have users in
any case!

[Comment 4 Brian Dolbec (RETIRED) 2015-02-18 22:01:33 UTC]

There are users of the gtk interface version that have requested it be kept.  When I removed 0.6.2 last summer, there were requests to re-add it.  Paul updated the ebuild and re-added it.  So, this stabilization will allow us to remove the older versions using the deprecated eclasses.

If I wasn't already overloaded with projects, I wouldn't mind working on a gtk interface for it.  But I already have several projects being neglected :(

So, unless there is an updated version with the gtk interface.  We'll keep the last version with the gtk interface in the tree as long as it continues to work.

[Comment 5 Agostino Sarubbo 2015-02-21 12:25:48 UTC]

ppc stable

[Comment 6 Agostino Sarubbo 2015-02-27 11:07:04 UTC]

sparc stable. Closing.