[needs-packaging] TigerVNC

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This bug is tagged needs-packaging which identifies it as a request for a new package in Ubuntu. As a part of the managing needs-packaging bug reports specification, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Specs/NeedsPackagingBugs, all needs-packaging bug reports have Wishlist importance. Subsequently, I'm setting this bug's status to Wishlist.

There is a "community developed" debianized source package at: <http://oss.m-privacy.de/download/tigervnc/tigervnc-1.0.0.tar.bz2>.

There is Ubuntu repository at /usr/bin/Xvnchttp://winswitch.org/downloads/debian-repository.html.

Sorry - wrong addres in the above post. It's http://winswitch.org/downloads/debian-repository.html.

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Tigervnc's vncpasswd correctly supports passwords longer than 8 characters, tightvnc's vncpasswd doesnt.

TigerVNC packaging for Ubuntu is started at ppa:techzilla/misc repository, see

https://launchpad.net/~techzilla/+archive/misc

Hi everyone, I just noticed my package was discovered, unfortunately it failed to build. I've deleted the old one, and submitted a new one to replace it, but I warn you it's definitely an alpha quality package. Some parts are not yet integrated, as they were previously done with very outdated and unmaintable methods. I reviewed the tightvnc package for some portions, but it started becoming significant and I never completely finished.

Packaging code for Ubuntu 14.04 is available at git://anonscm.debian.org/pkg-tigervnc/pkg-tigervnc.git,branch=trusty-backports
I've tried to import this code to https://code.launchpad.net/~baltix/tigervnc/debian-packaging but import fails because launchpad.net can't import git code with submodules, even when submodules are removed :(

Thanks for reporting.

After being packaged in Debian, tigervnc as automatically synced to Ubuntu where it has been available since 17-04 (https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tigervnc/+publishinghistory)