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Re: Freeze



On Sat, Nov 06, 1999 at 10:20:56AM +1100, Chris Leishman wrote:
> This is a valid point, but there is still no reason not to include the current
> incoming directory.  Even if something cant be fixed before we want to
> release, then we can always backdate the package - its been done before (IIRC
> slink had to backdate X during its freeze to the last working version before 
> release).

Huh?  What are you talking about?

I released XFree86 3.3.2.3a-2 right before slink froze last October.  It
saw many revisions before settling on 3.3.2.3a-11 for the release in March.

While slink was frozen, XFree86 3.3.3 (and then 3.3.3.1) came out upstream.
I did not package a version of XFree86 newer than 3.3.2.3 until after slink
was released.

I'm not sure what you mean by "backdating", but it doesn't sound like
that's what I did.  If you're saying I meant to ship 3.3.3 or 3.3.3.1 with
slink but reverted to 3.3.2.3a because of problems, you're wrong.

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Debian GNU/Linux                 |     uh, well, something bad will happen.
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