Upcoming Debian 2.0 Release

[Brian White <bcwhite@verisim.com>]

Okay, everybody...  It's about time to release!  However, the following
"important" problems need to be solved first.  This first section of bugs
are those that apply to packages essential to the shipping of the Debian
distribution.  Until those bugs are fixed or downgraded in severity, we
_cannot_ ship.

Remember, the definition of "important" is that the distribution is better
off without that package than with this problem.  In these cases, though,
the packages are essential for the distribution.

libreadline2      22941  libreadline2 depends on libc6 [48]  (Guy Maor <maor@debian.org>)
binutils          23153  strip: stripped binary(executable) dumping core.  [42]  (Galen Hazelwood <galenh@micron.net>)
nonus.debian.org  23642  Packages [28]  (Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@datom.de>)
smail             23717  smail: smtp entry in inetd.conf gone after smail upgrade [26]  (Soenke Lange <soenke@escher.north.de>)
ftp.debian.org    23877  please include apt and autoup in hamm/hamm/upgrade-i386/ [21]  (Guy Maor <ftpmaster@debian.org>)
emacs20           24236  emacs20, postrm is broken.. [12]  (Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>)
sendmail          24342  sendmail: Ignores &quot;+&quot; syntax after upgrade [7]  (Richard Nelson <cowboy@debian.org>)
libc6-pre2.1-doc  24354  libc6-pre2.1-doc: unfulfillable dependencies on non-glibc-pre2.1 architectures [7]  (Juan Cespedes <cespedes@debian.org>)
bsdutils          24569  bsdutils does not Pre-Depends on libc6. [0]  (Austin Donnelly <and1000@debian.org>)
xbase             24642  XF86Setup doesn't run: the file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc is missing [0]  (Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>)


This next set of "important" bugs apply to those packages that can be removed
from the distribution.  So, _tomorrow_, I will be removing these packages
unless all release-critical bugs against them have been closed.  If you feel
a package should be included in the distribution at all costs, please let me
know.

cvs-pcl           22577  compile of pcl-cvs.el fails (cannot load &quot;cookie&quot;) [59]  (Tom Lees <tom@lpsg.demon.co.uk>)
infocom           23563  infocom: /usr/doc/infocom/copyright doesn't include a licence [30]  (Brian White <bcwhite@pobox.com>)
dhcp-beta         24442  /etc/init.d/dhcp-beta sources inexistent /etc/init.d/functions [0]  (Rich Sahlender <rsahlen@debian.org>)
dhcp              24443  [SECURITY] dhcp: potential buffer overflow problems [0]  (Rich Sahlender <rsahlen@debian.org>)
dhcp-beta         24445  [SECURITY] dhcp-beta: potential buffer overflow problems [0]  (Rich Sahlender <rsahlen@debian.org>)
wu-ftpd-academ    24466  netstd: Upgrading netstd overrides wu-ftpd-academ entry in inetd.conf [0]  (Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@lotte.sax.de>)
roxen             24473  user &lt;!--#exec cmd=&quot;script&quot;--&gt; runs as root [0]  (Martin Schulze <joey@debian.org>)
boot-floppies     24634  the 'Admin' profile includes 'raidtools' which cannot be installed [0]  (Enrique Zanardi <sr1-boot-floppies@debian.org>)
kdebase           24643  kdebase: We have no licence to distribute KDE binaries when linked against Qt [0]  (Stephan Kulow <coolo@kde.org>)


Hamm has been delayed for too long already.  Let's get this done.

                                          Brian
                                 ( bcwhite@verisim.com )

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