Please sync gcin 2.7.2+dfsg-1 from Debian Sid to Ubuntu (universe)

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Taking a look

Regards
Bhavani

Hi Aron,

I see the package has entered unstable yesterday and as far as LTS versions in ubuntu we sync/merge from debian testing. Is there any other strong strong reason (I agree that its long overdue) to go in for a immediate sync from unstable?

Please correct me if I am missing something here

Regards
Bhavani

Hi, this is the most popular input method in Traditional Chinese community, far more popular than Ubuntu's default - ibus-chewing.

Gcin was once removed from Debian because there wasn't anyone have enough time and knowledge to maintain it, and thus users rely on third-party repositories. I believe it's not a good thing to make such an important piece of software missing from an LTS release, so here I am requesting its inclusion to Precise once it gets into Sid.

The software is actively maintained upstream, and has a new Debian maintainer, the package itself is also under the umbrella of IME Packaging Team, who can support it until the quality meets for a Debian stable release. I see no problem from accepting it before Feature Freeze, to make sure it doesn't miss an important LTS.

Fair enough. Thanks for the explanation.

Taking a look further now

Regards
Bhavani

I just uploaded your package using syncpackage but got a message that its in new. Maybe syncpackage isn't uploading changes from unstable or I just stomped upon a bug.. m not sure

Subscribing archive-admins for their view on this

Regards

Bhavani.

The package is in NEW because it has been removed from precise:
"(From Debian) RoQA; low popcon, can't be easily be maintained; Debian bug #652508"

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

This bug was fixed in the package gcin - 2.7.2+dfsg-1

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gcin (2.7.2+dfsg-1) unstable; urgency=low

  [ Yao Wei (魏銘廷) ]
  * Reupload to Debian. (Closes: #658449)
  * Imported Upstream version 2.7.2
  * Removed Dayi input method for DFSG compliance.
  * Remove all patches for cleanness.
  * Make debian/copyright DEP-5 compliant.

gcin (1.5.8-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
  * Stop build Qt3 immodule. (Closes: #604350)
  * debian/gcin-ext.1: merged upstream.
  * debian/patches/008_add_shebang_to_scripts.diff: merged.
  * debian/patches/009_add_tsin2gtab_phrase_manpage.diff: merged.

gcin (1.5.7~pre13-1) experimental; urgency=low

  * New snapshot.
  * Update debian/watch to match debian version scheme.

gcin (1.5.7~pre12-1) experimental; urgency=low

  * New snapshot.
  * Refresh patches.
  * debian/patches/008_add_shebang_to_scripts.diff,
    debian/patches/009_add_tsin2gtab_phrase_manpage.diff: New.
  * debian/gcin-exit.1: New.
  * Updated Standards-Version to 3.9.1, no changes needed.

gcin (1.4.6-3) unstable; urgency=low

  * Fix FTBFS with gtk2 2.20 due to deprecated Gtk+ macros. (Closes: #577377)
  * Bump libgtk2.0-dev build-deps to 2.20.0.
  * Disable --new_gtk_im. Too unstable with mozilla browser.
  * Add back README.html.
  * Update im-switch script also checks qt4 path.
  * Update Maintainer, Vcs-Git and Vcs-Browser. Migrating to DD account.

gcin (1.4.6-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * Fix FTBFS with gtk2 2.19 due to deprecated Gtk+ macros
    GTK_WIDGET_APP_PAINTABLE and GTK_WIDGET_NO_WINDOW. (Closes: #569246)
    (LP: #520148)
  * Updated Standards-Version to 3.8.4, no changes needed.

gcin (1.4.6-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release
    This version fixed FTBFS with binutils-gold. (Closes: #554417)
  * Switched to dpkg-source 3.0 (quilt) format
  * Use modern debhelper style
  * Updated Standards-Version to 3.8.3
  * Updated copyright information
  * Acknowledge NMU - Thanks Stefano

gcin (1.4.5-1.1) unstable; urgency=low

  * Non-maintainer upload.
  * Add missing #include to fix FTBFS with gcc 4.4, patch by Martin
    Michlmayr. (Closes: #531715)
  * gcin-qt{3,4}-immodule: add lintian overrides for shlib-defines-rpath,
    this is needed to get the package pass through auto-REJECT. Rationale:
    rpath is appropriate here, the packages use private shlibs.

gcin (1.4.5-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New Upstream Version
  * Wrokaround dh_gtkmodules bug.
  * Bump Standards-Versions to 3.8.1, no changes needed.

gcin (1.4.5~pre2-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * [811fc3b] New Upstream version 1.4.5.pre2
  * [86b0996] Update patches.
              - fix_gdm_crash_498619.diff: Dropped, fixed up stream.
              - fix_QT_detection.diff: Split into two patches.
              - fix_anthy_error_message.diff: Added.
  * [dfa7a85] Enable anthy.

gcin (1.4.2-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * Upload to unstable
  * [ef36b0e] New maintainer (Closes: #505501)
  * [4861a1e] Replace dh_clean -k with dh_prep.
  * [5b60cca] Add Vcs-Git and Vcs-Browser field.
  * [5dafdd8] Add README.source
  * [63892e6] Add patch ld_only_link_needed.diff
  * [a848d1e] Fix the bug causing gdm crashes. (Closes: #498619)
  *...

@bhavi: Does the message implies that it is going to sync to Ubuntu?
Any progress on this?

That message implies it got synced to ubuntu 7 hrs back

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gcin/2.7.2+dfsg-1

Regards
Bhavani

@Felix: missed that one. Thanks for the pointer.