Please backport efax-gtk 3.2.2-1

Bug #587064 reported by Alessio "Spinus" Moscatello
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Lucid Backports
Won't Fix
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Bug Description

Efax-gtk 3.0.17-1 is broken in Lucid, see bug #536639

Version 3.2.2-1 builds under prevu and runs fine;
In addiction it replaces the old package efax that seems to have legal issue (see comment https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/efax-gtk/+bug/536639/comments/6)

Changed in lucid-backports:
status: New → Confirmed
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Steve Stalcup (vorian) wrote :

I just updated the release in Maverick so that we could consider it (we don't do backports from a higher Debian version)

I have a few questions however:

1) were any changes needed to the source to have it build in lucid?
2) Is this a bugfix or feature request?

Please advise.
Steve

Changed in lucid-backports:
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Lordinux (lordinux) wrote :

Hello Steve,
Thank you for your attention.
It's a feature request to follow a new feature of ghostscript. Without a new feature for efax, efax is broken due to the new feature of ghostscript...
More information here : http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.printing.ghostscript.cvs/9046
efax-gtk 3.2.1 and further have this new feature.

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Steve Stalcup (vorian) wrote :

Good information - but if it is a bugfix, a Stable Release update will help a wider range of users while backports only help those who have backports enabled.

Changed in lucid-backports:
status: Incomplete → New
Steve Stalcup (vorian)
Changed in lucid-backports:
status: New → Incomplete
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Lordinux (lordinux) wrote :

As far for me, I have suscribed to this bug #587064 because it addressed my current problem with efax-gtk. I assumed that Alessio asked for a backport because he thought that it was not possible to correct the issue with a stable release update. So, if it's possible as you suggest, of course it would be better than a backport !

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Alessio "Spinus" Moscatello (spinus) wrote :

I've opened a backport request, because I've thought it was a simple way to test if 3.2.2-1 is working well for Lucid users and because I've take a look at the changelog between 3.2.2-1 and 3.0.17-1 and I've see that there are lot of changes (so I think a SRU is a bit complicated); bug #536639 was marked "Fix committed" because 3.2.2 was released, but it corrects the issue only in Maverick...Steve I don't know very well SRU flow, so can you please open a SRU for e-fax in Lucid? Or I should reopen bug #536639 ?

Dan Streetman (ddstreet)
Changed in lucid-backports:
status: Incomplete → Won't Fix
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