[Pkg-nx-group] freenx debian packaging

[Timo Aaltonen]

On Tue, 8 Jan 2008, Emilio Scalise wrote:

> What is the state of freenx packaging in debian?
>
> I've searched a lot on the web, but there are no recent packages on the net.
> Kanotix repo maintainer who had built some freenx packages left the job.
>
> There were some packages for ubuntu, but they are now outdated:
> http://seveas.theplayboymansion.net/seveas/dists/feisty-seveas/freenx/
>
> Jeremy Wilkins updated them, and a repository with those packages (further
> updated by Marcelo Boveto Shima) can be found at
> https://edge.launchpad.net/~marceloshima/+archive
> I've taken them and compiled on Etch (as backports with pbuilder). They
> worked, but I had problems with session management. I think we should work
> improving things.
> We must also discuss to choose which nx version we should use as backed
> (Marcelo used nx 3.1, that's not so supported by freenx upstream..).
>
> Fedora currently has official packages of freenx 0.7.1 and nx 2.1.0. These
> packages are actively maintained and there are patches that solve many bugs
> present upstream. We could use also use those sources as a starting point,
> naturally changing the distro-relative things, like paths etc etc.
>
> I can help in packaging, as I have some knowledge about it. I know nx from the
> administrator point of view.
> I've also contributed to compiz/compiz-fusion packages, so I'm not so new
> about the debian-x politics and procedures.
>
> Please let me know if the alioth group is still active, if someone is
> interested in those packages for official inclusion or not.

Does freenx still ship it's own X libs? It would be nice to integrate the 
funcionality in Xorg.

I've tried updating freenx in the past, and the experience was awful (and 
it failed, obviously).

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