[ubuntu-mono] [Bug 607291] Re: [MIR] banshee

Chow Loong Jin hyperair at ubuntu.com
Thu Dec 9 18:26:47 UTC 2010


On Friday 10,December,2010 02:08 AM, Michael Terry wrote:
> libkarma is kind of a mess.
> 
>  * lintian messages:
> 
> E: libkarma source: patch-modifying-debian-files 20_install_playlist_show_as_example.dpatch debian/libkarma-dev.examples
> W: libkarma source: patch-system-but-no-source-readme
> W: libkarma source: patch-system-but-direct-changes-in-diff tools/karma_helper.c
> W: libkarma source: debhelper-but-no-misc-depends libkarma-dev
> W: libkarma source: out-of-date-standards-version 3.8.0 (current is 3.9.1)
> W: libkarma-cil: wrong-section-according-to-package-name libkarma-cil => cli-mono
> W: libkarma-cil-dev: wrong-section-according-to-package-name libkarma-cil-dev => libdevel
> 
>  * A watch file (and homepage setting) that 404s
> 
>  * No symbols file or -V arg to dh_makeshlibs
> 
>  * Bug 296737 seems bad
> 
>  * New upstream version available but unpackaged for 3 and a half years
> 
>  * A bad memcpy and strncat for amd64:
> 
> In file included from /usr/include/string.h:642:0,
>                  from karmaLan.c:18:
> In function ‘memcpy’,
>     inlined from ‘lk_karmaLan_get_protocol_version’ at karmaLan.c:198:11:
> /usr/include/bits/string3.h:52:3: warning: call to __builtin___memcpy_chk will always overflow destination buffer
> 
>  * Lots of errors like the following representative sample:
> 
> properties.c:350:18: warning: ignoring return value of ‘write’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result
> properties.c:296:9: warning: ignoring return value of ‘read’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result
> mp3.c:206:18: warning: ignoring return value of ‘fread’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result
> riocp.c:652:22: warning: ignoring return value of ‘scanf’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result
> karma.c:49:5: warning: ISO C90 forbids specifying subobject to initialize
> 
>  * And to top it off, upstream no longer has a working Karma and is
> looking for a new maintainer, so no new fixes from that direction.
> 
> Since neither upstream nor Debian are very active in this package, it
> looks like we'd be on our own.  And there is definitely work to be done
> for this one.  Is it necessary for banshee?

I could probably take care of bringing the package up to date, at least to the
latest upstream version (though after the 16th, when my exams end).

As for whether it's necessary, I doubt anyone would notice if we dropped support
for Rio Karma players, considering that it was left broken for a number of
months (or even years, who knows) due to a missing .pc file and Banshee's build
system silently disabling Karma support when it didn't detect the .pc file.

It would be a nice touch to have though, for anyone who happens to discover an
old Rio Karma lying around and wanting to sync music to it. I don't have one,
but I hear it was pretty awesome during its time.

-- 
Kind regards,
Loong Jin

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Title:
  [MIR] banshee

Status in “banshee” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete
Status in “banshee-community-extensions” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “boo” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “gdata-sharp” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed
Status in “gio-sharp” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “gkeyfile-sharp” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “gtk-sharp-beans” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “gudev-sharp-1.0” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in “libkarma” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete
Status in “libmikmod” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “mono-zeroconf” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed
Status in “notify-sharp” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed
Status in “sdl-image1.2” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “sdl-mixer1.2” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “sdl-net1.2” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “sdl-ttf2.0” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “smpeg” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “taglib-sharp” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed
Status in “taoframework” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: banshee

Followed the https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MainInclusionProcess and all requirements are complete for Main Inclusion of banshee.

Availability: in universe
Rationale: Banshee will be the default media in UNE in maverick.
Security: 2 candidates CVE opened (one in 2005, another one in 2009): http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=banshee
Quality assurance: the package was mostly tracked before by debian. There are quite some bug reports, but a hug day will be setup first week of August by pedro.
UI standards: Fits better than rhythmbox on small screen, GNOME standard.
Dependencies: some bindings needs to be promoted. All are added there as bug tasks (libboo-cil-dev, libgdata-cil-dev, libmono-zeroconf-cil-dev, libnotify-cil-dev, libtaglib-cil-dev, gtk-sharp-beans, gio-sharp, gudev-sharp-1.0)
There is a recommends on podsleuth, but as the hal-free (udev backend branch) will be there before mid-august.
Standards compliance: follow FHS guidelines
Maintenance: ubuntu-desktop team will maintain it as soon as it's the UNE default
Description of the package:
Media Management and Playback application
 Banshee is a media management and playback application for the GNOME
 desktop, allowing users to import audio from CDs, search their library,
 create playlists of selections of their library, sync music to/from iPods
 and other media devices, play and manage video files and burn selections
 to a CD.







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