[ubuntu-studio-devel] debian package for Krita

[eylul]

Ross,

Thanks for this explanation. :) Will start with contacting with Kubuntu
Team then.

Best

E.

On 11/02/2016 10:46 PM, Ross Gammon wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> Krytarik (via Set) pointed me to a Release Team conversation on IRC
> about Krita just before the Yakkety release. Apparently it was Failing
> To Build From Source (FTBFS).
>
> From memory, it is complicated because krita is moving from one source
> package to another (calligra to somewhere else). Also, the calligra
> package has an epoch in the version (1:2.9.11-0ubuntu2
> <https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/calligra/1:2.9.11-0ubuntu2>),
> which means that it is never automatically synced from Debian. It is
> effectively maintained in Ubuntu.
>
> I think it would be best to get in touch with the Kubuntu Team to find
> out what they know.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ross
>
>
> On 02/11/16 16:02, eylul wrote:
>> Hi Len!
>>
>> the current situation is: there is a krita package that has krita 3.0.1
>> that is stuck in debian new package queue.
>>
>> Calligra package lost, then regained the old version of Krita (2.9.x)
>> from what we can tell. (most of this hit the ubuntu repos the week of
>> release)
>>
>> Not sure if this helps explaining
>>
>> Eylul
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/02/2016 05:56 PM, Len Ovens wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2 Nov 2016, trebmuh at tuxfamily.org wrote:
>>>
>>>> ... zip ...
>>>>> Is there any contact on debian side we can reach out to, to help get
>>>>> the
>>>>> package approved?
>>>>>
>>>> ... zap ...
>>>>
>>>> All the information you need at this point are here :
>>>> https://packages.qa.debian.org/c/calligra.html
>>>>
>>>> Hope that helps.
>>> I am more confused than ever. My understanding (possibly wrong) was
>>> that there was now a version of Krita That did not require (or
>>> include) Calligra. So a pointer to a page about Calligra makes no sense.
>>>
>>> It is this version of Krita without the no longer supported Calligra
>>> we are interested in, not Calligra itself.
>>>
>>> Clear as mud...
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Len Ovens
>>> www.ovenwerks.net
>>>
>>>
>
>
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