Re: What is blocking fam from testing?

[Johannes Rohr <j.rohr@gmx.de>]

Chipzz <chipzz@ULYSSIS.Org> writes:


[...]


> But why not release a version of gnome-vfs which doesn't depend on fam,
> allow it to exist long enough to migrate to testing, and immediately af-
> ter that replace it with a gnome-vfs which does require fam again?
> You could put a debconf notice in the pre-install of the package, ex-
> plaining that unstable users should put gnome-vfs on hold, and allowing
> the user to quit at that point.

[...]

That won't be necessary. Look at the latest changelog.Debian.gz entry
for fam:

fam (2.6.10-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
  * After a long period of testing, I am finally sure that libfam0c102
    definitely can provide libfam0 without introducing problems. libfam
    is apparently completely "extern C".
    (closes: Bug#176849, Bug#177970, Bug#181100, Bug#181104)

[...]


 -- Joerg Wendland <joergland@debian.org>  Thu, 15 May 2003 08:30:06
    +0200

If I'm not mistaken, this means that the latest fam should enter
testing within some days.

Johannes