[Debian-hebrew-package] [Bug 191241] Re: New upstream version 0.19.2

[kobi zamir]

current version of pyfribidi in debian (0.6) will not work with fribidi 0.19,
pyfirbidi2 (0.8) will work with fribidi 0.19
it will also need to be upgraded

On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 8:43 AM, أحمد المحمودي
<aelmahmoudy at users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 11:07:33PM +0200, أحمد المحمودي wrote:
>> 1) That Debian/Ubuntu do as Fedora, and patch the few apps (probably
>> only bidiv & centerim will need patching) that use obsolete fribidi
>> symbols. Note that centerim will also need a small patch very similar to
>> the one used for bidiv. Also if fribidi is to be backported to older
>> releases, then mailutils will need to be patched too.
> ---end quoted text---
>
> The following was done:
>
> 1) Filed a bug against bidiv (#568130) with a patch. [1]
> 2) centerim has a new upstream (which is now in Debian testing) which
>   has the issue fixed already, so no patch needed !
> 3) Sent an email to text-bidi upstream asking about wether text-bidi is
>   compatible with fribidi 0.19.x or not. I didn't get a reply yet (just
>   sent the email few hours ago), but it seems to me that most probably
>   this package isn't a problem.
> 4) Uploaded fribidi 0.19.2-1 to debian mentors. I hope now the hebrew
>   team would take it from there.
>
> So, as it seems to me, it boils down to applying the patch to bidiv is
> the only thing needed to be done. (In addition to sponsoring new fribidi
> upload)
>
> [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=568130
>
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