Re: git 1.5 from unstable in bpo
Pierre Habouzit schrieb am Montag, den 11. Juni 2007:
> On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 12:42:06PM +0200, Sebastian Harl wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just noticed that git 1.5 is available in etch-backports. However, it did
> > not enter testing so far. Why has it been uploaded to bpo?
>
> It's not in testing so far because hppa can't build it because of
> (likely) toolchain issues. It's clear to go for every other
> architecture:
>
> http://qa.debian.org/excuses.php?package=git-core
>
> I don't see the need to wait for hppa to provide a backport that is
> _very_ useful for alioth and a lot of users that benefit from remote
> branch tracking and other nifty features it brings with it.
>
> FWIW git-core passed through bpo's NEW queue, so I assume that if it
> was a problem, bpo ftp-masters would have told me so.
That was a mistake by me. And btw. its on out side to decide if you don't
have to wait for hppa. Ask next time.
Alex
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