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Re: ocaml 3.09.2 + cdbs target release for etch



On Sat, Oct 28, 2006 at 04:24:12PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 09:15:58AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> > Why don't we upgrade to 3.09.3, and rebuild ? Have you speaken with
> > the RMs about this ? It is just a point bug fix release, and by now it
> > has been pretty tested upstream, so there should be no nasty
> > surprises.
> 
> I fear is too late in the release cycle to do that, besides it is not a

Bah, we will not release for months anyway.

> big deal to ship 3.09.2 instead of 3.09.3, the changes are really
> minimal. Still, after the version I just uploaded enter testing we can
> propose this to the RM asking for their advice.

Ok.

> My personal opinion is that it wont be _that_ easy given that some
> packages currently present in unstable (at the very minimum some
> packages of mine are not binNMU-safe, so sourceful uploads will be
> needed). I do have the corresponding binNMU-safe versions on the svn
> repository but they were never uploaded since I was waiting for the cdbs
> class to be in unstable.

Well, we have done it before, and without binNMU safe packages, but its upto
you.

> Ah, BTW, people now using the CDBS class can do that with a
> build-dependency like ocaml-nox >= 3.09.2-7.

Cool,

Friendly,

Sven Luther



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