Bug 465534 - Resurrect awesfx package
Summary: Resurrect awesfx package
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: Package Review
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
urgent
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Nobody's working on this, feel free to take it
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-10-03 18:59 UTC by Artem S. Tashkinov
Modified: 2013-01-10 04:49 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

Fixed In Version: 0.5.1c
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2008-10-04 15:25:04 UTC
Type: ---
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
awesfx-0.5.1c-1.fc9.src.rpm (328.52 KB, application/octet-stream)
2008-10-03 18:59 UTC, Artem S. Tashkinov
no flags Details

Description Artem S. Tashkinov 2008-10-03 18:59:36 UTC
Created attachment 319404 [details]
awesfx-0.5.1c-1.fc9.src.rpm

Description of problem: awesfx package is missing

Additional info: newer versions compile just fine with current kernel headers.

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2008-10-03 19:24:44 UTC
Are you planning to maintain this?

Comment 2 Jason Tibbitts 2008-10-03 19:33:00 UTC
I don't see that Artem is in the packager group (or in FAS at all unless my searching skills are lacking) so I'd guess not, but I'll go ahead and set NEEDSPONSOR anyway.

The package will need some work before its acceptable, though:

awesfx.x86_64: W: wrong-file-end-of-line-encoding /usr/share/doc/awesfx-0.5.1c/gu11-rom/ADDENDUM.TXT
awesfx.x86_64: W: non-conffile-in-etc /etc/midi/GU11-ROM.SF2
awesfx.x86_64: W: wrong-file-end-of-line-encoding /usr/share/doc/awesfx-0.5.1c/gu11-rom/GU11-ROM.INS
awesfx.x86_64: W: wrong-file-end-of-line-encoding /usr/share/doc/awesfx-0.5.1c/gu11-rom/GU11-ROM.TXT
awesfx.x86_64: W: summary-ended-with-dot Utility programs for the AWE32/Emu10k1 sound driver.
awesfx.x86_64: E: description-line-too-long the AWE32/Emu10k1 sound driver. AWESFX includes asxfload and sfxload, the soundfont
awesfx.x86_64: W: invalid-license GPL/distributable
awesfx-debuginfo.x86_64: W: invalid-license GPL/distributable

Also, this all seems to conflict with the statement in bug 405131 that awesfx is quite obsolete now.

Comment 3 Kevin Fenzi 2008-10-03 20:16:05 UTC
I communicated with the user on IRC, where they indicated they had no desire to maintain this package. 

Unless they have changed their mind, I suggest we close this NOTABUG.

Comment 4 Artem S. Tashkinov 2008-10-04 10:16:45 UTC
I hope someone will come up and maintain this package. I'm sorry but I don't have enough competence and I'm not much inclined to do this kind of work.

The last but not the least - why is this package obsolete? I don't know any other utilities which can load sound banks into Creative sound cards.

Comment 5 Jason Tibbitts 2008-10-04 15:25:04 UTC
Since this is currently a package review ticket, and a package isn't actually being submitted here, I can only close it.  I would try to assign it to a more appropriate component, except that it started at "kernel" for some reason.

Bottom line: Fedora is a community project.  If someone steps up to maintain the package, they can open a proper package review ticket and, once the review process is done, the package can reappear in Fedora.  Without a maintainer, the package can't be in the distro.

Comment 6 Guido Grazioli 2009-06-15 12:39:47 UTC
(In reply to comment #5)
> Since this is currently a package review ticket, and a package isn't actually
> being submitted here, I can only close it.  I would try to assign it to a more
> appropriate component, except that it started at "kernel" for some reason.
> 
> Bottom line: Fedora is a community project.  If someone steps up to maintain
> the package, they can open a proper package review ticket and, once the review
> process is done, the package can reappear in Fedora.  Without a maintainer, the
> package can't be in the distro.  

I have an approved package review here:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=490061

should i ask for a cvs change package or cvs new package admin request?

Comment 7 Susi Lehtola 2009-06-15 12:45:07 UTC
(In reply to comment #6)
> I have an approved package review here:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=490061
> 
> should i ask for a cvs change package or cvs new package admin request?  

There is a CVS module for the package, so I'd say a cvs change request, but in any case it's done by the CVS admin who will surely do the right thing even if you make a new package admin request.


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