[opensuse] recode missing since before last snaphot
Hi *, I'm missing recode since the before last Tumbleweed snapshot. Has it been removed deliberately or by mistake? Can it be readded? TIA. Bye. Michael. -- Michael Hirmke -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
* Michael Hirmke <mh@mike.franken.de> [01-23-18 15:58]:
Hi *,
I'm missing recode since the before last Tumbleweed snapshot. Has it been removed deliberately or by mistake? Can it be readded?
http://software.opensuse.org/search recode -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Hi,
* Michael Hirmke <mh@mike.franken.de> [01-23-18 15:58]:
Hi *,
I'm missing recode since the before last Tumbleweed snapshot. Has it been removed deliberately or by mistake? Can it be readded?
yes, and for Tumbleweed it is only available as 32bit version or as unstable package. So it is no longer part of the "official" Tumbleweed release.
-- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri
Thx and bye. Michael. -- Michael Hirmke -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 2018-01-23 21:56, Michael Hirmke wrote:
Hi *,
I'm missing recode since the before last Tumbleweed snapshot. Has it been removed deliberately or by mistake? Can it be readded?
AFAIK there are problems with it. See thread "Request 545194 would cause drop of fortune" in the factory mail list, by the end of November. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)
Hi Carlos, [...]
I'm missing recode since the before last Tumbleweed snapshot. Has it been removed deliberately or by mistake? Can it be readded?
AFAIK there are problems with it. See thread "Request 545194 would cause drop of fortune" in the factory mail list, by the end of November.
thx, must have missed that thread somehow or my brain gets too old to remember 8-<
Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
Bye. Michael. -- Michael Hirmke -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 23 January 2018 at 21:56, Michael Hirmke <mh@mike.franken.de> wrote:
Hi *,
I'm missing recode since the before last Tumbleweed snapshot. Has it been removed deliberately or by mistake? Can it be readded?
TIA. Bye.
It was dropped intentionally https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/537522 Quoting from SUSE's internal discussion on the topic "Recode is dead upstream. The upstream author is not among us anymore and nobody picked up the development. There are known issue with conversions that are not being fixed and basically we would have to become upstream for it to move forward." 3 months ago SUSE decided they wouldn't take over the upstream for recode, and in that time no one else from openSUSE has stood up to take over upstream responsibility for recode, and so it has been dropped from our distribution as unmaintained. It will not be readded. It is recommended that iconv should be used instead. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Hi, [...]
I'm missing recode since the before last Tumbleweed snapshot. Has it been removed deliberately or by mistake? Can it be readded?
TIA. Bye.
It was dropped intentionally
Quoting from SUSE's internal discussion on the topic
"Recode is dead upstream. The upstream author is not among us anymore and nobody picked up the development. There are known issue with conversions that are not being fixed and basically we would have to become upstream for it to move forward."
3 months ago SUSE decided they wouldn't take over the upstream for recode, and in that time no one else from openSUSE has stood up to take over upstream responsibility for recode, and so it has been dropped from our distribution as unmaintained.
It will not be readded. It is recommended that iconv should be used instead.
Thx for the explanation. I will switch to iconv then. Bye. Michael. -- Michael Hirmke -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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