Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink
Brian White wrote:
> The following bug reports *must* be fixed before the current frozen Debian
> distribution can progress further in its development cycle. Reminders have
> been sent to the maintainers of these packages but some of the packages with
> older bugs could probably use some assistance.
>
> Package Name Bug # Bug Description [days old] (maintainer)
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> automake 32404 automake upgrade is not backwards compatible [0] (Kevin Dalley <kevind@rahul.net>)
I wonder why this bug isn't mentioned in Wicherts list.
> bigloo 32927 bigloo should depend on a compiler and libc6-dev [13] (Sven Rudolph <sr1@inf.tu-dresden.de>)
I wonder why this bug isn't mentioned in Wicherts list.
> boot-floppies 33276 FW: Boot disks 2.1.7 has "broken" dpkg_slinkcd ;( [0] (Enrique Zanardi <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>)
> boot-floppies 33428 gpm: freopen(stderr) failed [0] (Enrique Zanardi <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>)
> defrag 32731 defrag: e2dump quits with check_block_location:6678674146834 [16] (Adam Heath <adam.heath@usa.net>)
I thought that the bug submitter and the package maintainer have
agreed to remove this package from slink and potato and place it
into experimental.
> dpkg 21182 dpkg: dpkg can go into an infinite loop with --force-configure-any [309] (Ian Jackson and others <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>)
> dpkg 28519 dpkg: dpkg creates circular symlinks [115] (Ian Jackson and others <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>)
> dpkg 28817 dpkg takes no care over libdpkg [108] (Ian Jackson and others <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>)
> dpkg 30090 weirdass dpkg coredumps and xbase upgrade insanity [83] (Ian Jackson and others <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>)
> dpkg 33046 dpkg: severe breakage after removal of xbase [11] (Ian Jackson and others <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>)
If we consider these bugs *release* critical we won't be able to
release slink soon.
Bug#28519 was triggered by a broken xbase or other xfree86 package which
is fixed now. It's unlikely to happen again.
Bug#28817 is broken design / broken nmu but doesn't hurt. I understand
that the author of this package considers this bug as important
but it is not release critical. Please exclude it from this
list - the same applies to Wichert.
Bug#30090 looks... ummh difficult to fix. After reading the report I'm not
sure if it's likely to happen again when upgrading hamm -> slink.
It didn't happen to my upgradings but that doesn't have to mean
anything.
Bug#21182 is not happening when using default methods. If you use any of the
"special" switches --force-* you have to be aware that strange things
may happen. I agree that this bug is important though, but I don't
consider it release critical. Using --force-configure-any is done
on your own responsibility. Please exclude it from this list - the
applies to Wichert.
Regards,
Joey
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