Re: Fwd: HAMM FREEZE (removed packages)
Brian White writes ("Fwd: HAMM FREEZE (removed packages)"):
...
> I've removed the following packages from Hamm because they still have
> critical, grave, or important bugs registered against them. To get them
> back in the archive, simply upload a version to "frozen" that fixes _all_
> of the open critical, grave, and important bugs registered against that
> package.
I have examined this list, and I hope Brian doesn't mind, but I've
second-guessed a number of these decisions.
I've been working my way through the list, and find that most or
nearly most of the removed packages have been removed because of a
Lintian bug `md5sums-lists-nonexisting-file'.
I think this bug should not be `Severity: important', as the existence
or contents of the md5sums file is not mandated by policy.
Here is my categorisation of these packages. For each package I list
the name, code letters for any observations I wish to make about it, a
proposed course of action, and any relevant bug numbers. Each bug
number may be followed by a number indicating that it's a particular
kind of Lintian bug.
I propose to do the following: I shall discuss the md5sums bug on
debian-policy, and if there is consensus I will automatically generate
a control@bugs message to change the severity of all of these bugs to
Normal.
With respect to other bugs I invite discussion or comment, or Brian to
act if he agrees.
I - a Linux distribution without this package is incomplete.
N - there were no outstanding bugs >= important
T - the bug in question is trivial to fix
S - the bug in question should not be severity important
F - the bug in question has been fixed and closed
B - the distribution would be better off with the package (even
broken)
W - package has been withdrawn
E - the distribution would be better off with the package broken but
in extra
M - package has many bugs
C - package has problematic copyright or some such
? - not a package name
.../... - more than one bug
- - it is OK for the package to be removed
* - the package should be reinstated immediately
@ - the package should be reinstated and made extra
+ - the package should be reinstated if it has not already been
$ - the package is in the wrong distribution and should be moved
[1] ldconfig-symlink-before-shlib-in-deb => S
[2] md5sums-lists-nonexisting-file => S
[3] no-copyright-file (when package is one of many pieces) => S
[4] no-copyright-file (when package is not) => -
[5] dir-in-usr-local => T
[6] bad-link-to-undocumented-manpage => -
adjtimex SI * 19266 [2]
adpkg -
amanda-common S * 19267 [1]
aout-xpm T - 16287
apache-ssl - 19268 [4]
arpd SF + 19269 [2]
ascii S * 19270 [2]
asp S * 19271 [2]
ax25utils T - 19275 [5]
bitchx-lib S - 19279 [3]
blt2 - 19283 [4]
cfengine - 19277 [4]
cflow /S - 19786 / 19280 [2]
cgiemail - 19289 [6]
chinese-big5 C $ 16028
chord C $ 14842
ckermit SI * 19288 [2]
cqcam C $ 14952
cvs-pcl S * 19281 [3]
dfm C $ 19495
dhcp-relay-beta - 19291 [4]
dlltools S * 19285 [2]
dmalloc1-dev S * 19284 [2]
doc++ C $ 14855
doc-rfc S * 19292 [2]
dxpc S * 19294 [2]
e2compr T - 10107 / 19295
ee S * 19297 [2]
elkdoc - 19298 [4]
elvis C $ 14953
enscript M -
epic4 S * 19303 [2]
ethiop - 16515 [4]
expect5.24 S * 19305 [1]
explorer-icons-orig - 19306 [4]
f2c - 19790
felt-doc S * 19309 [3]
file-rc /S - 19507 / 19310 [2]
fmirror F + 19660
freelip S * 19311 [1]
ftape-2.0.30 W
gcl-doc S * 19313 [3]
giflib* ?
giflib3g-dev S * 19314 [3]
gimp-data-min N *
glut3-altdev S * 19315 [3]
gnat S * 19316 [2]
gnome-icons S * 18214
ircii T - 19743
isapnptools SF + 19334 [2]
povray-lib TE @ 19392 [5]
python-base F + 19236
svgalibg1 NI *
I haven't yet checked the following packages:
gom-x gopher-client groupkit gstep-base0 gzilla hylafax-server
ifgate ilu-examples iproute ivtools-dev java-cup javalex
jdk1.1-runtime journal kde* kmodplayer ksmbfs lapack-dev
lclint-doc lee libc5-dev libcgicg1 libcompfaceg1 libdb1-dev
libelf0-altdev libfcgi2 libg++27-altdev libjpeg-dev libmagick
libnatali1 libp2c1 libpam0g-util libpcap0 libpgtcl libshhmsg
libsrgpg1 libtclobjc1 libwine0.0.97111 logwrites mdutils
mesag2-dev metrox mh-papers mpg123 mush netatalk newsx nfsroot
nvi objpak1 offix-editor offix-files offix-trash pari paridoc
pgplot picon-* pj96n04 pj96n05 pj96n06 pj96n07 pj97n09 plan
postgresql-doc python-doc python-tk qps qt1g-dev quota
raidtools remind rocks-n-diamonds scilabdoc sftp sgrep
shhmsg-dev shhopt-dev sliphangup smbfs sniffit socks4-server
spim ssleay stella super svgatextmode swig tcpdump tcpquota
the-doc tkdesk tm verse vic-cqcam vkeybd vold wdb wordnet
wordnetbase wordnetdoc wvdial wxwin-runtime wzip xdelta-dev
xephem-smotif xfntil2-nonfree xinetd xinvaders xlib6 xmayday
xoj xpostitplus xsnow xsqlmenu xtar-smotif xtet42 yorick-dev
zircon
Nor did I check any of the packages about which Brian says:
> The following packages also have release-necessary bugs against them but
> are too important to be removed. The final release of Hamm will be delayed
> if these packages still have critical, grave, or important bugs open.
Ian.
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