Removing sam2p from Debian
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Issues with sam2p and removal
I have been maintaining the Debian package of sam2p for some time. Unfortunately, the upstream development of that program is no longer active, and it is using an old custom build chain that no longer works with recent version of GCC.
This package is currently failing to build from source, and while I have been able to patch some issues in the past, and it may still be possible to fix it again, this is not really sustainable.
I am therefore considering to remove sam2p from Debian, unless someone has a very good reason to keep it and is able and willing to maintain it.
Trying systemd [ OK ] Switching back to SysV [ OK ]
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Since systemd is now the default init system under Debian Jessie, it got installed to my system and I had a chance to test it. The result is disappointing: it does not work well with cryptsetup, so I am switching back to SysV init and RC.
Read more Trying systemd [ OK ] Switching back to SysV [ OK ]
Using Wine with sound under Debian testing (Jessie)
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If you are using Wine under Debian testing with PulseAudio, you probably noticed that you cannot get sound playback any more. This is because:
- Wine uses ALSA, which uses a plugin to play through PulseAudio;
- Wine being in 32 bits, all that has to be installed in i386 versions;
- recent versions of libasound2-plugins depend on libavcodec54 which depends on libopus0 which is not multiarch-capable and thus cannot be installed in both i386 and amd64 versions;
- libopus0:amd64 cannot be reasonably removed to install only libopus0:i386 because many multimedia software depend on it (in other words: try that and you will end removing VLC and everything similar too).
No need to despair though, as there are several ways to work around that problem until the maintainer of libasound2-plugins has converted it to multiarch.
Read more Using Wine with sound under Debian testing (Jessie)
PluXml, a file-based, database-free blog
The blog engine PluXml is now available as a Debian package:
Package: pluxml Version: 5.2-2 Description-en: Light blog engine using XML files PluXml is a light and simple blog and CMS engine that uses simple XML files to store its data and requires no database. It has all the usual features (static pages, comments, categories, tags, medias, RSS feed...) and supports multiple users, customizable themes and plugins. Homepage: http://www.pluxml.org/ Section: web Priority: extra
GNOME, vous faites ch*er
Comme vous le savez peut-être, je maintiens un document d'auto-formation intitulé Formation Debian. Le chantier du moment, c'est donc de la mettre à jour pour la prochaine sortie de Debian Wheezy. Je voudrais donc profiter de ce travail pour énoncer le message suivant : GNOME, vous faites ch*er.