An up-to-date version is at <http://master.debian.org/~joey/2.2r6/>
In another quixotic attempt, I am preparing another revision of the
stable Debian distribution (r6) and will infrequently send reports so
people can actually comment on it and intervene whenever this is
required.
The plan is to get this revision of Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 (codename
`potato') out within the first week of March this year (2002). James
Troup still has to give the final approval for each package since he
is the ftpmaster involved with stable revisions. However, I will try
to make his work as easy as possible in the hope to get the next
revision out properly. Thanks for your attention.
This may also be the last version of the 2.2 series, depending on how
well the woody release is making progress. There is, however, still a
possibility 2.2r7 (to be scheduled at the beginning of May) has to be
released before 3.0.
My requirements for packages to go into stable:
1. The package fixes a security problem. An advisory by our own
Security Team would be quite helpful. I really should make this a
requirement for security uploads.
2. The package fixes a critical bug which can lead into data loss,
data corruption, or an overly broken system, or the package is
broken or not usable (anymore).
3. The stable version of the package is not installable at all due to
broken or unmet dependencies or broken installation scripts.
4. All released architectures have to be in sync.
Packages, which I will most probably reject:
. Package which fix non-critical bugs.
. Misplaced uploads, i.e. packages that were uploaded to 'stable
unstable' or `frozen unstable'.
. Packages for which its binary packages are out of sync with regard
to all supported architectures in the stable distribution.
. Binary packages for which the source got lost somehow.
Accepted packages
-----------------
These packages should be installed into stable and be part of the next
revision.
adjtimex stable 1.10-1 alpha, i386
adjtimex stable 1.5-1 sparc
adjtimex stable 1.5-3 powerpc
adjtimex stable 1.7-1 arm
adjtimex stable 1.8.1-1 m68k
adjtimex updates 1.10-1 arm, m68k, powerpc, sparc
Get versions in sync, apart from that:
* New upstream release - security fix: use popen() to recover output from
ntpdate, instead of an unsafe temporary file (thanks to Colin Phipps
<crp22@cam.ac.uk>) (closes:bug#56752)
at stable 3.1.8-10 alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
at updates 3.1.8-10.2 alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
Security Upload, DSA 102
dump stable 0.4b16-1 alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
dump updates 0.4b25-0.potato.1 alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
* back-port dump current version to potato at the request of
Martin Schulze. The 0.4b22 upstream version included
important fixes for data corruption that can occur with the
version that was released with potato.
fml stable 3.0+beta.20000106-1 all
fml updates 3.0+beta.20000106-5 all
DSA 088, improper character escaping
gcc stable 1:2.95.2-13 alpha, i386, powerpc, sparc
gcc stable 1:2.95.2-13.1 arm, m68k
gcc updates 1:2.95.2-13.1 alpha, i386, powerpc, sparc
Changelog says:
* Non-maintainer upload
* Add new patch for ARM (closes #75801)
Clarification required. Doko queried. He approved, the patch
is conditionalized so gets only applied on ARM.
glibc-doc stable 2.1.3-19 all
glibc-doc updates 2.1.3-20 all
i18ndata stable 2.1.3-19 all
i18ndata updates 2.1.3-20 all
libc6-dbg stable 2.1.3-19 arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
libc6-dbg updates 2.1.3-20 arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
libc6-dev stable 2.1.3-19 arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
libc6-dev updates 2.1.3-20 arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
libc6-pic stable 2.1.3-19 arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
libc6-pic updates 2.1.3-20 arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
libc6-prof stable 2.1.3-19 arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
libc6-prof updates 2.1.3-20 arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
libc6.1-dbg stable 2.1.3-19 alpha
libc6.1-dbg updates 2.1.3-20 alpha
libc6.1-dev stable 2.1.3-19 alpha
libc6.1-dev updates 2.1.3-20 alpha
libc6.1-pic stable 2.1.3-19 alpha
libc6.1-pic updates 2.1.3-20 alpha
libc6.1-prof stable 2.1.3-19 alpha
libc6.1-prof updates 2.1.3-20 alpha
libc6.1 stable 2.1.3-19 alpha
libc6.1 updates 2.1.3-20 alpha
libc6 stable 2.1.3-19 arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
libc6 updates 2.1.3-20 arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
locales stable 2.1.3-19 alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
locales updates 2.1.3-20 alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
nscd stable 2.1.3-19 alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
nscd updates 2.1.3-20 alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
Glob security patch. DSA 103
icecast-server stable 1.0.0-1 alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
icecast-server updates 1.3.10-1 alpha, arm, m68k, powerpc, sparc
icecast-server updates 1.3.10-1.1 i386
DSA 089
jgroff stable 1.15+ja-3.2 alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
jgroff updates 1.15+ja-3.4 alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
DSA 107
samba-common stable 2.0.7-3.4 alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
samba-common updates 2.0.7-5 alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
samba-doc stable 2.0.7-3.4 all
samba-doc updates 2.0.7-5 all
samba stable 2.0.7-3.4 alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
samba updates 2.0.7-5 alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
smbclient stable 2.0.7-3.4 alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
smbclient updates 2.0.7-5 alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
smbfs stable 2.0.7-3.4 alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
smbfs updates 2.0.7-5 alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
swat stable 2.0.7-3.4 alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
swat updates 2.0.7-5 alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
ChangeLog says:
* Permanently fix problem with NMU's being built against incorrect
kernel interfaces (closes: #94380, #95015, #102226)
* add uploaders: header to control file
This upload most probably fixes the problem with the old alpha
version not being able to run properly due to a bad build
environment. This problem may be solved by a general
change... may be... Steve Langasek should speak up...
He said:
Samba upstream takes advantage of the best system facilities
(libc/kernel) available at compile time. Because Debian
releases usually include a baseline kernel and an
'experimental' kernel, Eloy and I have introduced packaging
code in unstable that prevents Samba from detecting facilities
that it should not be compiled against. The 2.0.7-4 upload
backports these packaging mods to potato, both correcting the
problems with past alpha security NMUs and safeguarding
against the possibility of future problems with security NMUs
in potato.
New Changelog says (2.0.7-5):
* Add Build-Depends line; the previous upload was missing
potentially
important library linkage on some architectures.
* Fix debian/rules to use xxx-linux instead of xxx-linux-gnu;
config.sub doesn't grok the latter, causing printing to break
(closes: #127444)
According to Steve Langasek this version is fine and suited
for stable.
sudo stable 1.6.2p2-2 alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
sudo updates 1.6.2p2-2.1 alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
Security Upload, DSA 101
xchat-common stable 1.4.3-0.1 all
xchat-common updates 1.4.3-1 all
xchat-gnome stable 1.4.3-0.1 arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
xchat-gnome stable 1.4.3-0.1.1 alpha
xchat-gnome updates 1.4.3-1 alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
xchat-text stable 1.4.3-0.1 arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
xchat-text stable 1.4.3-0.1.1 alpha
xchat-text updates 1.4.3-1 alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
xchat stable 1.4.3-0.1 arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
xchat stable 1.4.3-0.1.1 alpha
xchat updates 1.4.3-1 alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
* Fixed "Xchat 1.4.2 and 1.4.3 IRC session hijacking vulnerability",
(http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/249113); patch
provided by upstream author, Peter Zelezny <zed@linux.com>.
DSA 099
Further investigation
---------------------
These packages need further investigation. One reason the package is
listed here could be that I'm not yet convinced this package should go
into stable, but don't want to reject it entirely at the moment.
Another reason could be that released and updated architectures are
not in sync yet.
man2html stable 1.5-23 alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
man2html updates 1.5-23.1 arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
* Recompiled with correct CGIBASE to avoid bad links; closes: #104474.
Grave bug, warrants inclusion into stable.
MISSING alpa
nfs-common stable 1:0.1.9.1-1 alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
nfs-common updates 1:0.1.9.1-1.potato1 alpha, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
nfs-kernel-server stable 1:0.1.9.1-1 alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
nfs-kernel-server updates 1:0.1.9.1-1.potato1 alpha, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
nhfsstone stable 1:0.1.9.1-1 alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
nhfsstone updates 1:0.1.9.1-1.potato1 alpha, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
Support statd callbacks from later 2.2 kernels. (Bug#111990)
It seems that this upload fixes a disparity between late 2.2
kernels and the older nfs-utils package from stable in
connection with statd/lockd. Problem seems to exist for
non-Linux clients at least.
MISSING arm
xcin stable 2.3.04-1 arm
xcin stable 2.5.1.3-1 powerpc
xcin stable 2.5.1.99.pre6.1-1 alpha
xcin stable 2.5.2-1 i386, m68k, sparc
xcin updates 2.5.2-1 alpha, powerpc
Get versions back in sync
Beware: change the distribution to stable only.
MISSING arm
Rejected packages
-----------------
These packages don't meet the requirements.
dvi2ps-fontdata-a2n stable 1.0-5 all
dvi2ps-fontdata-a2n updates 1.0-7 all
dvi2ps-fontdata-bsr stable 1.0-5 all
dvi2ps-fontdata-bsr updates 1.0-7 all
dvi2ps-fontdata-ja stable 1.0-5 all
dvi2ps-fontdata-ja updates 1.0-7 all
dvi2ps-fontdata-n2a stable 1.0-5 all
dvi2ps-fontdata-n2a updates 1.0-7 all
dvi2ps-fontdata-ptexfake stable 1.0-5 all
dvi2ps-fontdata-ptexfake updates 1.0-7 all
dvi2ps-fontdata-rrs stable 1.0-5 all
dvi2ps-fontdata-rrs updates 1.0-7 all
dvi2ps-fontdata-rsp stable 1.0-5 all
dvi2ps-fontdata-rsp updates 1.0-7 all
dvi2ps-fontdata-tbank stable 1.0-5 all
dvi2ps-fontdata-tbank updates 1.0-7 all
dvi2ps-fontdata-three stable 1.0-5 all
dvi2ps-fontdata-three updates 1.0-7 all
Misplaced upload to 'stable unstable'
rsync stable 2.3.2-1.2 alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
rsync updates 2.3.2-1.3 alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
DSA 106
Broken packages, hence rejecting
Disclaimer
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This list intends to help the ftp-masters releasing 2.2r6. They have the
final power to accept a package or not. If you want to comment on
this list, please send a mail to Martin Schulze <joey@debian.org>.
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