Re: glibc is unlikely to enter testing
On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 02:49:26PM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote:
> En réponse à Sven Luther <luther@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr>:
>
> > On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 01:21:17PM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm seen on debianplanet.org that glibc is unlikely to unter
> > > testing because of the RPC code being non-free.
> >
> > Just plain FUD, the release manager told that he will not stop glibc
> > from entering testing because of that, that the solution can be worked
> > out later.
> >
> > Notice that this really makes sense, since the RPC code has been in
> > glibc since years (7 or even 13 or so, if i remember well), and
> > anyway,
> > the RC bug is present in both the version in unstable and the version
> > currently in testing, so we will not be introducing any new bug into
> > testing because of that, which is ok with the testing script.
>
> It must be ok with the serious severity.
>
> > Anyway, the non-freeness of the RPC code doesn't even seem to be
> > confirmed, and it may be possible that sun would simply update the
> > licence accordyingly.
> >
> > BTW, you best look at the debian-glibc mailing list for definite
> > answers
> > on that, and i think there was also some info on on of the pasts
> > debian
> > weekly news, with the mail from the RM about this issue.
> >
> > > So, are there still reasons for the mini-free?
> >
> > So, i think, yes, it would be ok. Anyway, do you need to upload
> > something nextly ?
>
> Well, because of a tetex-bin failure on ia64, I decided not to
I was told by bdale that this will be fixed nextly, it was a few days
ago though.
> upload a fix for cameleon. So, I won't upload anything in the
> next days.
Ok, anyway, we will be fixed early next week, so ...
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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