Re: The other packages
Am Samstag, den 25.10.2014, 01:39 -0500 schrieb Olek:
> > Looking at mercator, I saw that this upload would also include an
> > so-name bump. So I fear, its to late to upload to sid. Sorry, but this
> > stricly spoken would need a transition, even if only a few packages are
> > involved.
> > https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2014/09/msg00002.html
>
> Oh, bother... :( You're right, of course, I was just so focused on the
> freeze that I completely forgot that these are technically
> transitions... even though there are only 2 packages that depend on them.
>
> The bad news is one of these packages is ember[1] which has a number of
> issues that would be fixed by packaging the newest version... and that
> newest version depends on the newer libraries. So hopefully this won't
> cause excessively severe problems with ogre[2].
>
> >
> > We can upload to experiment if you want.
> >
> > This is also true for atlas-cpp, looking at the diff..
> > Again, experimental is no problem; it can't go to sid at this point of
> > time.
> >
>
> Sure, I can rewrite those library packages to go to experimental
> instead. If they're not going into Jessie then they are a much lower
> priority at this point. Please let me know if you have any feedback but
> I'm going to focus on cyphesis in the meantime.
>
> -Olek
>
> [1] https://packages.qa.debian.org/e/ember.html
> [2] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=760058
>
I'd go through experimental. They also have to go through the NEW queue
which complicates things. Especially now where the window of oportunity
is so small. If not having the libraries is RC in some way, we can still
consult the release team for an exception during the freeze (but should
done soon, then
--
tobi
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