Re: Why are new package versions depending on libc6 in unstable?
On 20-Nov-02, 17:43 (CST), Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@matchmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 04:34:20PM -0600, Steve Greenland wrote:
> >
> > And then when libc6 2.3.x dropped into testing, and broke xvncviewer, it
> > would be broken in testing as well as unstable. Yes, I understand that
> > it can still happen with packages that haven't yet been built with libc6
> > 2.3.x, but I don't see how increasing the problem helps.
>
> No, libc6 didn't break vnc at all AFAICT, but it is the act of having to
> upgrade my libc6 just to test vnc, and the fact that now that vnc doesn't
> have any RC bugs, it is not in testing ONLY because it depends libc6 2.3.x.
>
> That is the point.
And you completely missed mine. VNC WAS AN EXAMPLE, PULLED OUT OF THE AIR
BECAUSE *YOU* BROUGHT IT UP.
I give up.
Steve
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Steve Greenland
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system and Linus Torvalds claims to be trying to take over the
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