Bug#508493: closed by Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org> (Re: Bug#508493: [linux-2.6] please package 2.6.27)

[dann frazier <dannf@debian.org>]

On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 03:55:34PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> reopen 508493
> thanks
> 
> I'm not sure I understand why you closed the wishlist bug.  A freeze, as
> I understand it, is not about *never* installing a new version, but
> rather *waiting* until the release is made.  It's perfectly normal to
> have a wishlist bug for a new version--it's not a demand for anything,
> still less a request for breaking the freeze--just a note, "hey, this
> would be good."  
> 
> Then, when the release is made, kernel version 2.6.27 (or later) can be
> packaged and the wishlist bug closed.  That's the point of wishlist
> bugs.
> 
> There is nothing inappropriate about a bug (wishlist or otherwise) being
> filed which cannot be closed during the freeze; the correct response, as
> I understand it, is to leave the bug open, perhaps with an email to the
> bug log explaining the situation.
> 
> But from the exasperated tone of your message, it seems likely that I
> have misunderstood what a freeze means.  I outline above my
> understanding.  Can you perhaps elaborate on what I have incorrectly
> understood about what a freeze means?

snapshot builds of 2.6.27 are already available - see the wiki page
Bastian directed you to. Obviously that's not the same as being in the
archive proper, but that's not going to happen till after lenny.

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dann frazier