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+From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>\r
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+Subject: Re: [PATCH] Build-Depend on libgmime-2.6-dev | libgmime2.4-dev\r
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+On 02/10/2012 08:15 AM, David Bremner wrote:\r
+> I'm not necessarily opposed to migrating to the Debian packages to gmime\r
+> 2.6, but I'd like to point out that your patch is might be more decisive\r
+> than intended, since the build daemons strip all but the first\r
+> dependency. This will cause the build do fail if 2.6 is not\r
+> available. For more discussion of this, see\r
+> id:"20110920181701.GQ3245@codelibre.net" (debian-devel, Sept. 2011).\r
+\r
+This doesn't worry me. gmime 2.6 is already successfully built on all\r
+arches except mipsel and armhf:\r
+\r
+ https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=gmime\r
+\r
+i don't think armhf is a blocker at this point (though i've already\r
+followed up with the arm porters about that to see if we can get it\r
+fixed), and mipsel is just typically backlogged (that is, it hasn't\r
+failed, it just hasn't gotten to build yet).\r
+\r
+So i don't think switching notmuch over to a 2.6 dependency on the\r
+buildd's would be a hindrance for notmuch.\r
+\r
+ --dkg\r