Re: Debian GNU/Linux 2.1r4 Released
On Thu, Dec 16, 1999 at 02:54:27PM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> Previously Julian Gilbey wrote:
> > Bit of a serious problem, really. (And the fixed package has been in
> > proposed-updates since December 5th.)
>
> But didn't mention that in the changelog nor was that stated on
> debian-release, so it got rejected.
>
> Wichert.
Oh dear.
But here's a question: uploads to stable are fairly infrequent and
usually important (this one even had urgency: high). I was personally
not aware that important fixes had to be announced on debian-release
(it's not in the developers-reference or elsewhere, AFAIK). Also, the
changelog referred to two bug reports; either would have probably
indicated the severity of the problem, or finally, the package
maintainer could have been contacted in cases where there was still
doubt.
Essentially, it's a shame that a lack of communication led to this fix
being left out of the slink update.
Never mind, though. We live and learn.
Julian
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