Re: [DebianGIS] [Fwd: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] GDAL/OGR 1.4.0 Released]
On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 10:07:02PM +0100, Fabio Tranchitella wrote:
> * 2007-01-06 20:04, Paolo Cavallini wrote:
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> > Hi all.
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> Hi Paolo,
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> > At this point, most major packages are not updated on etch (obvious,
> > because of the freeze):
> > - - grass 6.2.1 is in experimental
> > - - postgis 1.2 is not packaged
> > - - gdal/ogr 1.4 is not packaged
> > - - qgis 0.8 is on debian.gfoss.it only
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> I am sure that nothing will happen: new upstream versions are not allowed
> at all and it is not possible in any way to update these packages in etch.
> After the release, etch-backports will be the only way to provide updated
> packages to stable users.
>
Packages can be prepared in the meantime for experimental. As said, new
upstream versions are discouraged in sid because they requires a t-p-u
upload for etch-related versions and the use of a sane chroot for building
if changes were done on relevant packages. I think this is a good period
to prepare new experimental version for future use...
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Francesco P. Lovergine
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