Re: hamlib and the freeze
* Joop Stakenborg <pg4i@xs4all.nl> [2004 Feb 22 06:09 -0600]:
> Looks like the new debian release is getting closer, see:
>
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2004/debian-devel-announce-200402/msg00009.html
>
> We have a nice number of hamradio packages in testing and some of them
> depend on hamlib, version 1.1.4. As you may now, version 1.2.0 just came
> out last week. I have not uploaded the new version to debian yet,
> because a couple of packaged might break because of the API changes in
> hamlib, or they might fail to build from source.
>
> So I am thinking about holding back the new release, until the real
> freeze begins and upload the new hamlib package to experimental for the
> time being. Once the new Debian version is released, hamlib can go into
> unstable again. This way we will not distribute broken packages.
>
> Any advice, ideas?
Hi Joop.
Sarge heading for a freeze? That means it'll get released as Stable
about a year from now! :-)
Is there any way to put Hamlib 1.1.4 into the Oldlibs section and push
1.2.0 into Sarge? Whatever programs can be built and gotten into Sarge
using 1.2.0 the better. I don't think any of us want to be answering
questions on 1.1.4 three years from now.
Perhaps it's not as easy as I think it ought to be.
73, de Nate >>
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