Well it looks like the firefox team missed their release, so I obviously couldn't package it. I hope some one can step up and do some work on the package while I'm away, since no work is coming out of me for the next 2.5 weeks :) Take care everyone, good luck with the continuing release process. * Eric Dorland (eric@debian.org) wrote: > Hello all, > > This is more of a plan/call for help. As of August 17th, we will > basically be frozen. August 13th also happens to be when I'm jetting > off for two weeks in Australia (the rest of my packages are in good > shape, see http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=eric). Firefox > 1.0RC1 is scheduled to be released August 10th. This is a pretty tight > time frame. > > The problem is that 0.9 firefox isn't in testing and probably won't > make it. There are two release critical bugs holding it back. I need > the help of alpha porters to nail #259836. The other is #259046, which > is more fundamental problem with 0.9, the new extension manager is > broken. It's been fixed upstream, but the changes are rather > invasive, and I'm loathe to back port them. > > So I'm going to push to get 1.0RC1 into sarge. As soon as it's > released I'm going to package it up and push it into unstable. I > realize this is generally considered bad form, but getting a newer > version of firefox is also desirable since 0.8 contains a number of > security issues. > > So, on one hand I need maintainers who package locales and extensions > to be aware that this is going to happen. On the other hand I need a > couple of volunteers to help guide firefox into sarge with NMUs and > what not, since I'll be away the period of August 13th to September > 1st. I'd really be grateful to anyone who could help out, thanks. > -- Eric Dorland <eric.dorland@mail.mcgill.ca> ICQ: #61138586, Jabber: hooty@jabber.com 1024D/16D970C6 097C 4861 9934 27A0 8E1C 2B0A 61E9 8ECF 16D9 70C6 -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS d- s++: a-- C+++ UL+++ P++ L++ E++ W++ N+ o K- w+ O? M++ V-- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t++ 5++ X+ R tv++ b+++ DI+ D+ G e h! r- y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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