[scribus] Debian repository broken.

[ale rimoldi]

hi

> A thought...
> 
>  The only way that I can find to avoid receiving the 'No hash entry'
> error with this Debian Scribus repository is to presume the package in
> the  repository is source code (deb-src) only.
> eg. in the sources.list file put:
> 
> deb-src http://...
> 
> instead of
> deb http://...
> 
> So maybe there isn't a binary (deb) package available in this
> repository only a source code package.
> 
> If this is true what's happened to the binary (deb) file as it used to
> exist in this repository in the past? 

since this thread is starting to contain some "strange"
information, let's try to spread some knowledge from somebody who has
been using the deb packages for years and has already had the chance to
chat with the debian maintainer... :-)

there is a maintainer for the debian packages and he has been a team
member for a long time. his nick is malex and his name aleksander.

for many years, he has been providing the official packages for debian
and has also been maintaining an "own" repository with newer packages
than the ones that are in the official debian repository.

the "own" repository is both hosted on his own server and on scribus'
server.

there was a problem with the platform where malex is building the .deb
files and i don't know if has been solved.

the current problem is with the packages that are hosted on those two
servers, not with the official packages on debian.

it's high summer and malex may have some holidays or e might be very
busy with his job.

finally, it's has already happened in the past that some of the deb
packages on the scribus server did not work correctly and it has always
been solved after some time.

now, the options for you are:

- if your scribus is already installed, keep everything as is and
  "ignore" the warning. the new packages will flow in as soon as they
  have been uploaded (or remove the entry and add it again as soon as
  you know that it has been provided). your scribus will continue to
  work as it used (but you won't get the most recent improvements for
  now)
- if you haven't installed scribus yet, you can install the one (a bit
  older) provided by debian (or ubuntu) or compile scribus from sources
  if you really want the latest version. for most uses, it should be
  good enough.
- if you want to compile from source, "sudo apt-get build-dep scribus"
  will fetch for you most of the packages you will be needing. then you
  will be able to get and compile the latest scribus.

maybe, in the long term there are ways to help out, but i fear that in
the short term there is not much you can do to improve the current
situation...

but: who knows?

ciao
a.l.e