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Re: ICU 4.2 in experimental



Hi,

Jay Berkenbilt wrote:
> I have just uploaded ICU 4.2 in experimental.  As is generally the
> case, this release of ICU is expected to be source-compatible with
> earlier versions, including 4.0 which is currently in unstable.  It
> will have to clear NEW, but once it does, you may wish to test your
> packages against the new version of ICU.  Once it does clear NEW, I
> will send email to debian-devel mentioning that it is there.  I will
> work with debian-release to schedule a transition to ICU 4.2 once I
> have received confirmation from the Open Office people that they are
> ready.  Most likely, everyone else will get by with just an binary
> NMU.

Well, assuming OOo builds (which it seems it does, it at least passed
the place where it does heavy stuff with icu at build time) it can be
bin-NMUed, too.. Need to check whether it works, though...

OTOH, even if it does, I'd largely prefer to get 3.1.0 into testing
*before* this transition...

Grüße/Regards,

René
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