Re: Upcoming Debian multiarch support (amd64, sparc64, s390x, mips64) [affects sarge slightly]
On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 07:36:01AM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> Steve Langasek <vorlon@netexpress.net> writes:
> > Regardless of the merits (or demerits) of this proposal, I object to
> > trying to implement any changes to /var/lib/dpkg/status before the sarge
> > release. We are supposed to be in the last stages of the release cycle,
> > and this is not the time to be trying to sneak changes to such a
> > fundamental piece of our package system into the release.
>
> The change is ~10 line to dpkg with no changes to other software or
> breaking compatibility. Are we realy in the last stages of the release
> cycle?
I agree with Steve, and think you're considerably too late for this kind
of change.
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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