vim-rails fails to install due to depending on vim-full, but vim-full no longer exists

Ok.. it appears that this package hasn't been changed at all since Gutsy. Is no one maintaining it? Is the upstream project dead? There also appears to be no orig tarball or diff file with the source packages, so it appears that the upstream project created the debian folder.

I've attached a simple diff which does nothing but add a package revision to the changelog and change the dependency from vim-full to vim-gnome.

Hi,

To have it included in Karmic, the version should be ubuntu0.1, as you can see at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/UpdatePreparation#Update%20the%20packaging.
Also, you should close the bug report in your changelog by putting (LP: #456064) in it.

Please update your debdiff (if you prefer, I can do it) so that I can sponsor it into -proposed. Also, to have it sponsored, please subscribe Ubuntu Sponsors for Universe next time :-)

Thanks for your work,
Fabrice

I have modified the control file in the package source tarball but I didn't bother to make a diff or anything like that so, sorry. I attached a copy of the tarball, changed file, and package. Its not really done correctly but it would really not take very long to do. I am just really busy right now. So there are still changes needed to make it a proper fix/update.

The tar.gz

Ok... now there are more changes in the package that are needed. The debian files aren't in order for karmic or this update at all. No change log entry, incorrect version, etc. There may be other issues but it does install and work.

This bug was fixed in the package vim-rails - 0.3ubuntu1

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vim-rails (0.3ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low

  * debian/control: changed dependency from vim-full to vim-gnome, as vim-full
    was a transitional package in jaunty (thanks John Meuser). LP: #456064.
 -- Fabrice Coutadeur <email address hidden> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:37:29 +0000

Not fixed in 9.10. The bug is still there.

SRU ack, subscribing sponsors

However, perhaps it should depend on "vim" instead of "vim-gnome"?

Hi,

vim-full has been transitioned to vim-gnome in Jaunty, according to the vim-full description and control file:
"This package is simply a transitional package from vim-full to vim-gnome."

That's why I used vim-gnome as dependency, instead of vim.

Cheers,
Fabrice

Ah, thanks. Looks fine, please get it uploaded.

SRU ack.

Accepted vim-rails into karmic-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

I can confirm the install error.
$ uname -a
Linux ubuntu 2.6.31-17-generic #54-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 10 16:20:31 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

$ sudo apt-cache policy vim-rails
vim-rails:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 0.3
  Version table:
     0.3 0
        500 http://mirror.optus.net karmic/universe Packages

$ sudo apt-get install vim-rails
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  vim-rails: Depends: vim-full but it is not installable
E: Broken packages

________________________________________
Enabled "proposed" to verify fix for SRU.

$ uname -a
Linux ubuntu 2.6.31-17-generic #54-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 10 16:20:31 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

$ sudo apt-cache policy vim-rails
vim-rails:
  Installed: 0.3ubuntu0.1
  Candidate: 0.3ubuntu0.1
  Version table:
 *** 0.3ubuntu0.1 0
        500 http://mirror.optus.net karmic-proposed/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.3 0
        500 http://mirror.optus.net karmic/universe Packages

SRU package installed without error.

This bug was fixed in the package vim-rails - 0.3ubuntu0.1

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vim-rails (0.3ubuntu0.1) karmic-proposed; urgency=low

  * debian/control: changed dependency from vim-full to vim-gnome, as vim-full
    has been transitioned to vim-gnome in jaunty. This make possible to install
    the package (LP: #456064)
 -- Fabrice Coutadeur <email address hidden> Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:39:20 +0100