Re: Request for wheezy-ignore tag: bug#555168 (glibc locale files with license not permitting modification)
- To: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
- Cc: debian-release@lists.debian.org, Stefano Zacchiroli <leader@debian.org>, Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>, 555168@bugs.debian.org
- Subject: Re: Request for wheezy-ignore tag: bug#555168 (glibc locale files with license not permitting modification)
- From: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
- Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 20:46:41 +0200
- Message-id: <[🔎] 20120915184641.GS5308@radis.cristau.org>
- In-reply-to: <20120801222510.GA30137@copier>
- References: <bug-11213-5941-uE2Ro7Xadr@http.sourceware.org/bugzilla/> <20120715190447.GB1986@burratino> <50049B9D.4020104@softwarefreedom.org> <20120717024817.GB3071@burratino> <20120730102118.GB10833@upsilon.cc> <20120730181447.GG8515@burratino> <20120731102028.GA16924@upsilon.cc> <CAFzf2XyLGRvqWbMmW=iymcf-81YJAP-4qPpkOVyx=q9rLaEyWg@mail.gmail.com> <20120731132219.GA28361@upsilon.cc> <20120801222510.GA30137@copier>
tag 555168 wheezy-ignore
kthxbye
On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 15:25:10 -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Hi release team,
>
> I've been asked to ask you whether you consider bug#555168 (many glibc
> locale files having a license that does not permit modification) to be
> something deserving a wheezy-ignore tag.
>
> I'm asking you half-heartedly, since I don't think the answer is
> useful. That bug sure *looks* release-critical, and it sure *looks*
> like something that could be delayed another release if people manage
> to stall long enough. Which would make it wheezy-ignore.
>
I guess we can wait another couple of years. At least there's been some
progress, which is good. Hopefully it won't take too much longer to
sort out, but I don't think there's a point delaying the release (or
deleting existing locale data from the distro) while there's hope of a
resolution.
Cheers,
Julien
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