pidgin-plugin-pack needs updating

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Erm, not really. When you post a needs-packaging request on Brainstorm you get flooded with "This isn't an idea" comments and your idea gets locked, being marked as Not An Idea.

This won't happen before Jaunty, assuming it's packaged in Debian.

http://plugins.guifications.org/trac/downloads
Version 2.5.1 is out and we are still in 2.2.0

I think we should forward this to debian to have a package for jaunty

As already noted the upstream is already at 2.5.1, but debian-upstream is still at 2.2.0 and so ubuntu can't sync :(
Can we push debian to sync now or push ubuntu to have a newer version than debian?
BTW:
Add Build-depend on libgtkspell-dev and libaspell-dev
     to enable the SwitchSpell plugin (compare with #246905)

There is already an updated package (version 2.5.1) prepared here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/purple-plugin-pack/+bug/246905
which should resolve this bug.

The diff can be found here:

http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26696198/purple-plugin-pack_2.5.1-0ubuntu1~ppa6.diff.gz

What should be done to have a sponsored upload to universe?

Nick, the package manager of pidgin is Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>, I will give him an e-mail about this bug.

Thanks a lot Brian, hopefully we will see an updated plugin pack both in debian and in ubuntu soon :-)

I've cleaned up my package from my PPA, added a patch system to the
package and added the patch fixing the Switch Spell menu. I would call
this release worthy :)

Upstream archive is available from
http://plugins.guifications.org/trac/downloads

 status confirmed

I've cleaned up my package from my PPA, added a patch system to the
package and added the patch fixing the Switch Spell menu. I would call
this release worthy :)

Upstream archive is available from
http://plugins.guifications.org/trac/downloads

 affects /distros/ubuntu
 status confirmed

Email interface fail :(

Here's the .dsc file.

Sebastien said that hes not the sponsor, but to add Ubuntu Sponsors for Universe to suscription. Thats already done so I will mark as Triaged and Wishlist.

I confirm that MIchael's package is working well!
I am removing my test version from my PPA

Why is this bug marked as invalid?
Is there any problem with Michael's package?

Michael has already uploaded an updated version in his PPA.
Can a sponsor please check it?

Please don't install the findip plugin, it's completely useless.

Here's a version without findip. It has also been uploaded to my PPA.

Hi,

If you want to get this in Karmic then you will need a freeze exception. Please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FreezeExceptionProcess for the details of how to go about this.

Thanks for your work!
Iain

Can at least be forwarded to debian for a sponsored upload?
Like this it will be automatically sync'ed in the next version of ubuntu

I wouldn't rely on that because a while ago I sent an updated package to the Debian maintainer.
He initally responded but still the package in Debian hasn't been updated.

BTW purple-plugin-pack 2.6.0 has already been released

I have seen about the new version. If nobody else takes it I can take a look to update Michael's version.

When you refer to the Debian maintainer, do you mean Benjamin Seidenberg ?

I will try to update to 2.6.0 when I get home.

I have also uploaded the package to my PPA (https://launchpad.net/~mbudde/+archive/ppa) but it is still waiting in the build queue.

> When you refer to the Debian maintainer, do you mean Benjamin Seidenberg ?
Yes.

Subscribing motu-release for a feature freeze exception.
I haven't tested all plugins (there are just too many) but I think it's worth upgrading as the current version in the archive is very old and has quite a few known bugs that the new version will fix.

install log:
(Reading database ... 121009 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace pidgin-plugin-pack 2.2.0-1 (using .../pidgin-plugin-pack_2.6.0-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement pidgin-plugin-pack ...
Setting up pidgin-plugin-pack (2.6.0-0ubuntu1) ...

I've fixed some of the lintian warnings in the build.log Felix attached.

What testing has been done with gaim-irchelper? Is gaim-irchelper affected somehow by this update?

gaim-irchelper is just a dummy transitional package.
The irchelper plugin has been integrated into the plugin pack some time ago (before hardy).
Therefore it's dropped by Michael's package update.

makes sense to me, +1

FFe granted.

taking for sponsorship

Uploaded.
Thanks for your contribution!

Fabrice

This bug was fixed in the package purple-plugin-pack - 2.6.0-0ubuntu1

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purple-plugin-pack (2.6.0-0ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low

  * New upstream release. (LP: #256419)
    - New plugins:
      - autoprofile
      - colorize
      - enhancedhist
      - google
      - listlog
      - msglen
      - nomobility (incomplete)
      - smartear (incomplete)
      - splitter
      - stress (abusive)
      - xmppprio
    - Removed broadcast plugin.
    - Various bug/crash/memory leak fixes.
    - Fixed SwitchSpell not being build even though correct development
      packages was installed. (LP: #246905)
  * debian/control:
    - Update package description; fixed some references to Gaim; added
      description of new plugins.
    - Removed dummy package gaim-irchelper, not required or recommended by any
      package.
    - Added intltool to Build-Depends as build fails without it.
    - Added libgtkspell-dev and libaspell-dev to Build-Depends. Required by
      SwitchSpell plugin. (Thanks: Nikolaus Filus) (LP: #246905)
    - Moved homepage link from description to a field.
  * debian/docs: Added 'README' and 'AUTHORS' files.
  * debian/copyright: Added missing upstream authors and updated copyright for
    individual files.
  * debian/rules:
    - Move list of plugins to be build to separate variable
      for easy modification.
    - Added following plugins to list of plugins to be build:
      - autoprofile
      - colorize
      - enhancedhist (LP: #160000)
      - google
      - groupmsg (LP: #181674)
      - listlog
      - napster
      - splitter
      - xmppprio
    - Following plugins are not build:
      - findip: It is useless.
      - talkfilter: Requires GNU Talkfilter headers to be installed at build
        time but they are not packaged yet.
      - xmmsremoten: Requires xmms-config which does not seem to exist in
        xmms2. xmms removed from Enhances in debian/control.
    - Do not copy config.guess and config.sub from /usr/share/misc to source
      dir when cleaning.
    - Uncommented call to dh_makeshlibs. We are not building shared libraries.
  * Remove debian/dirs, not needed.

 -- Michael Budde <email address hidden> Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:38:55 +0200

Is there someone who would like to take up official sponsorship of this package in debian?
I am asking here because the last contributors of the package in ubuntu are already subsribed and probably they would be the firsts to be interested.

If someone wants and has the time and the will to take care of it, it would be great; I could also provide some guidance if needed.
If not, I could adopt the package myself, but I wouldn't like to "steal" it from someone already working on it.

Please let me know.

Felix Geyer is working on this, sorry for the extra messages.