Re: Would an ABI change of apt for DDTP support still be accepted?
Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> writes:
> Hi,
>
> * Otavio Salvador (otavio@debian.org) [060928 08:47]:
>> I would like to ask you to review again your position. This code is
>> around since 3 years ago and in use on Ubuntu too. Are too few
>> packages that will need recompile.
>
> How does it come that the code isn't promoted at the beginning of a
> release cycle, but at a time where the base freeze has happened?
I personally think that Michael took too long time to upload it to
unstable. Unfortunatelly. It's out of my hands to push it since he's
the maintainer.
> Is the code already uploaded to experimental? If so, for how long?
Yes, it's. The first upload to experimental that I can locate is:
http://packages.qa.debian.org/a/apt/news/20051023T113205Z.html
> The problem with "only a few packages" is - almost every change "only
> affects a few packages", but if we cannot reduce the number of changes,
> there is no way to release.
I'm sad to agree with you but it's true :(
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