Hi Thorsten, Thorsten Glaser <tg@debian.org> (2019-06-22): > … in deep freeze, just shy of the release, is probably > not the best idea, is it? (Especially of things like > libraries which can affect other packages uploaded with > fixes that SHOULD migrate…) > > You are not the first, but the package likely affects > everything in d-i due to cdebconf… > > Just wondering from my apt-listchanges’ output, > //mirabilos You're absolutely right, this will likely mean we can't update some packages through unstable because they would pick up an updated dependency on newer newt. From a quick look, that might be limited to src:cdebconf, src:cdebconf-entropy, and src:cdebconf-terminal. I've checked the bumped version for the first one. Alastair: It's pretty clear that this upload wasn't meant for buster (e.g. due to the debhelper compat change that's against the freeze policy), so what exactly was the urgency to get that into unstable at this point of the freeze? The fact it affects udebs is obvious given the needed changes in the udeb's .install file, so it cannot have been an overlook either. Cc-ing debian-release@ for awareness. Cheers, -- Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org) <https://debamax.com/> D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant
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