[MIR] libpst

Is this package needed in main to compile Evolution, or is the PST plugin able to be built external from the Evolution package? I'm nervous about adding support for the new upstream libpst without having a dedicated maintainer or the Ubuntu Desktop team backing it. After that is resolved, I'd like to see a closer examination of the source code, since it's dealing with binary data; though it's local binary data, so the chances of it being insecure is already minimized.

If libpst-dev is not available, the Evolution-plugins package will be built *without* the pst-import plugin (which is the new plugin supporting the Outlook PST conversion. There is no option to build stand-alone the plugin.

For installation, libpst1 will be a dependency only for the evolution-plugins binary package.

As such, yes, it is needed in main.

For maintainers: I can be the designated maintainer, since I have been involved with upstream on that since the beginning; nevertheless, I am not either an official Ubuntu developer, nor an Ubuntu member (although I am applying for it). Even though Seb has not really stated it, he is aware of the work; I believe overall backing will, then, also be available via the ubuntu-desktop team.

I can go through a code review if needed, but I am unsure if you would accept it.

I'm very hesitant to do this that close to Jaunty's release (final freeze is next Thursday). We should postpone this to Karmic.

If someone from the Ubuntu Desktop team will step up to be the maintainer, I would approve this MIR.

I spoke with Sebastien, and the desktop team will maintain it.

Approved.

Seb, we'll promote this as soon as something actually depends on it. In other words, feel free to add the build-dep to evolution.

Please note that this will not be promoted unless something in main or the seeds require it. Please make this a (build)-dependency of something, otherwise we will just "time out" and close this MIR.

Thank you!

An updated version of libpst (libpst0.6.41) has been submitted and accepted for Karmic. This version bumped the soname to 4, following upstream.

Evolution is now being changed to include as build-depend libpst-dev (>= 0.6.41); the evolution-plugins binary package will depend on the binary libpst4 package.

Martin, could you please promote libpst now? evolution build-deps on libpst-dev now (and is depwait)

promoted