Release Jed 0.99.18-1

[G. Milde]

On 16.05.06, Rafael Laboissiere wrote:
> * G. Milde <g.milde at web.de> [2006-05-16 16:41]:
> 
> > Is gdbmrecent a separate package or part of jed-extra?
> 
> I think it is part of jed-extra.  

Found it.

> It is only functional when the package slgdbm is installed.

Should we 
  Recommend 
or 
  Suggest 
slgdbm in jed-extra? 
(I'd favour Suggest together with an explanation in README.Debian.)

 
> > It would be nice if you could contact the jedstate maintainer Michael
> > Hummel
 
> I contacted him over a year ago (see attached message).  I got no
> response so far.  Michael maintains only two packages in Debian and has
> not been active since 2004.

Looks like "inofficially orphaned". In this case we might go ahead and
conflict with the current version of jedstate. If I remember right, once
jed 0.18 goes to unstable (or testing), the normal Debian consistency
check will apply and either kick jedstate out or prompt an update.

Paul, do you think gdbmrecent can replace jedstate? 

 Is a database conversion script feasible? Would it make sense (after 1
 week the old database is out anyway)? Would conversion documentation
 (listing differences) help? Who could write such a thing?

Günter


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