Hello. We're currently trying to migrate Python 2.5 as default to testing, which involves a lot of packages -- including some unrelated ones like the Mozilla family (via the hunspell transition, tied to Python via OpenOffice), and the Evolution gang, tied to Python via deskbar-applet and empathy. We're sloowly getting there, and reaching the point at which uploads of some of the involved packages are starting to get in the way: almost all sourceful fixes are in the archive already, and we're only missing a handful of builds on some architectures, which should be ready in the next days. Because of this, we've decided to make use of the "release transitions" feature implemented by ftpmaster [1, 2] to temporarily block uploads of (*gasp*) all the involved packages. This means that uploads will be rejected by dak, but it does not mean that you can't **coordinate with us to make an upload**. The idea is to prevent disturbing uploads, but if you have something that it's important to upload (like fixes for RC bugs), please mail debian-release@l.d.o and we'll talk. Thanks in advance for your understanding. This is also the first time we make use of this tool, but hopefully we'll be able to ride along without too many bumps. A list of blocked packages can be found at [3]. [1]: http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2008/01/msg00112.html [2]: http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2008/04/msg00282.html [3]: http://ftp-master.debian.org/testing/hints/transitions.yaml Adeodato Simó, your RA of the day
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