Bug 380507 – app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-motif-20110722 stabilization request

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE

[Description Joeri Capens 2011-08-24 14:37:12 UTC]

Bug 380401 missed the emul-linux-x86-motif package.

It works fine for me (needed for net-misc/icaclient).

Reproducible: Always

[Comment 1 Pacho Ramos 2011-08-25 12:36:08 UTC]

Is icaclient going to be stabilized? Last time I checked I saw no stable package needing motif libs and, then, I opted to leave motif libs also in testing :-/

[Comment 2 Pacho Ramos 2011-08-28 14:39:52 UTC]

(In reply to comment #1)
> Is icaclient going to be stabilized? Last time I checked I saw no stable
> package needing motif libs and, then, I opted to leave motif libs also in
> testing :-/

Will ask Fauli as he maintains icaclient ;)

Thanks

[Comment 3 Christian Faulhammer (RETIRED) 2011-08-28 16:06:56 UTC]

(In reply to comment #1)
> Is icaclient going to be stabilized? Last time I checked I saw no stable
> package needing motif libs and, then, I opted to leave motif libs also in
> testing :-/

 Nope, I want icaclient in testing as it caused a lot of problems last time.  Upstream is really slow to update to new Motif versions and is bound to specific so names (binary only package).  So it held up Motif stabilisation last time.

[Comment 4 Pacho Ramos 2011-08-28 16:26:26 UTC]

Joeri, as looks like no motif consumer will be stabilized soon, I don't think there is much need on stabilize emul package also but, as motif native libs are considered stable... I wouldn't have many problems on asking its stabilization if you prefer :-/

[Comment 5 Joeri Capens 2011-08-29 15:15:00 UTC]

(In reply to comment #4)
> Joeri, as looks like no motif consumer will be stabilized soon, I don't think
> there is much need on stabilize emul package also but, as motif native libs are
> considered stable... I wouldn't have many problems on asking its stabilization
> if you prefer :-/

I don't think it makes sense to keep motif from being stabilized just because the only package in the repository which depends on it is unstable.

What about other software outside of the Gentoo repositories which need it? What about future ebuilds which depend on it?

If everybody considers this package to be stable, it should be marked stable.

[Comment 6 Pacho Ramos 2011-08-29 15:26:17 UTC]

If that libs work ok for you, then, ok (there are no many motif apps requiring that libs in the tree and, then, I couldn't test them myself :S)

[Comment 7 Pacho Ramos 2011-10-15 14:51:37 UTC]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 387209 ***