Re: Bug#261824: time's up

[Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>]

Can the silo I just uploaded go into testing atleast? It does fix some
bugs. In fact, it may fix some of the rc silo bugs, but I need testing
with it to make sure (didn't want to claim the bugs were fixed without
testing by others first).

On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 02:54:12AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> severity 261824 important
> severity 267428 important
> thanks
> 
> Time's up, folks; if no fix has been found yet for these bootloader bugs,
> they'll have to remain hardware-specific errata for sarge.  They will no
> longer be allowed to block the release, since silo still works on the
> majority of sparc hardware.
> 
> Someone should, however, document these problems for the install manual
> and/or d-i errata.
> 
> If someone can determine one way or another whether the gcc-2.95 rebuild
> actually fixes the problem on Ultra5 for someone other than Geert, that
> would help me in deciding whether an NMU is warranted.
> 
> Thanks,
> -- 
> Steve Langasek
> postmodern programmer



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