[Debian-hebrew-package] [Bug 191241] Re: New upstream version 0.19.2

[أحمد المحمودي]

On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 11:07:33PM +0200, أحمد المحمودي wrote:
> 1) That Debian/Ubuntu do as Fedora, and patch the few apps (probably 
> only bidiv & centerim will need patching) that use obsolete fribidi 
> symbols. Note that centerim will also need a small patch very similar to 
> the one used for bidiv. Also if fribidi is to be backported to older 
> releases, then mailutils will need to be patched too.
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The following was done:

1) Filed a bug against bidiv (#568130) with a patch. [1]
2) centerim has a new upstream (which is now in Debian testing) which 
   has the issue fixed already, so no patch needed !
3) Sent an email to text-bidi upstream asking about wether text-bidi is 
   compatible with fribidi 0.19.x or not. I didn't get a reply yet (just 
   sent the email few hours ago), but it seems to me that most probably 
   this package isn't a problem.
4) Uploaded fribidi 0.19.2-1 to debian mentors. I hope now the hebrew 
   team would take it from there.

So, as it seems to me, it boils down to applying the patch to bidiv is 
the only thing needed to be done. (In addition to sponsoring new fribidi 
upload)

[1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=568130

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