Bug#692923: Bug #692923 / #689012: Status of chrony

[Joachim Wiedorn <ad_debian@joonet.de>]

Hello Ana,

Ana Guerrero wrote on 2012-11-16 14:09:

> I mailed the current maintainer of chrony back when I did the NMU asking
> him about the status of the package. I sugested him orphaning the package
> or filing a RFA bug, but all he said is he would look at the package soon.
> When he did it was way to late for the release...

The same for me.

> Given the very sorry state of the package (the RC bug is just the tip of
> the iceberg). If it is not possible releasing Wheezy with a newer version 
> with an improved packaging in terms of quality, thing I doubt is possible at this state, 

But it is possible to make a special Wheezy-Update. I am working on it.
Today I will write the freeze exception request to the release-team.

> I think the best is not releasing it with Wheezy at all and people interested 
> in chrony could work in a backport of a newer upstream release.

That is one way, but only some people would go this way.

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Have a nice day.

Joachim (Germany)