Bug#902923: Bug#901164: caja-eiciel FTCBFS: configure.ac hard codes build architecture pkg-config

[Mike Gabriel]

Control: close -1
Control: tags -1 wontfix

Hi,

On  Do 12 Jul 2018 13:58:49 CEST, Mike Gabriel wrote:

> Hi Helmut,
>
> On Tue, 3 Jul 2018 16:40:35 +0200 Helmut Grohne <helmut at subdivi.de> wrote:
>> Control: clone -1 -2
>> Control: retitle -2 register eiciel fork
>> Control: tags -2 =
>> Control: severity -2 important
>>
>> Hi Alex,
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 03, 2018 at 11:50:04AM +0200, Alex ARNAUD wrote:
>> > If it's an upstream issue, could you report and submit your patch  
>> upstream?
>> > Upstream is here:https://github.com/darkshram/mate-eiciel
>>
>> I think you mean https://github.com/rofirrim/eiciel. It seems you
>> packaged a fork and thus you should register your code copy. See
>> https://wiki.debian.org/EmbeddedCodeCopies for details. By forking
>> upstreams, you are copying bugs (like this one). That is why the Debian
>> policy discourages forking or packaging forks. I've clone bug -2 for
>> dealing with the code copy.
>
> Please note that caja-* packages are addons for the file browser  
> caja (part of the MATE desktop).
>
> The original application is for nautilus. It is not possible to use  
> the addons cross-wise.
>
> The projects that people derive from nautilus add-ons for caja are  
> technically forks, but they are not two possible options for the  
> same use case. They forks target being used in caja, whereas the  
> originals are for nautilus.
>
> So, what exactly do you mean by "register eiciel fork"???
>
> Greets,
> Mike


Closing this discussion. caja-eiciel is a fork of eiciel. Forking is  
required to make it work against the Caja browser (from MATE desktop  
env). The fork is (to my knowledge) maintained upstream.

Thanks+Greets,
Mike
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