Re: packages with really old standards version
On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
> So, I grabbed fmirror today because an admin friend suggested it. I cd'ed to
> /usr/share/doc/fmirror and low and behold, no /usr/share/doc/fmirror. I check
> the changelog and this binary-any package has not been uploaded in 2 years. It
> is standards version 2.3.0.1, ICK!
>
> So, perhaps we should drop the bar a little. If your package is not at least
> 3.x.x, it gets held.
Just for the record: ftp.debian.org has currently 579 source packages with
standards version < 3.0.0
And just out of curiosity: apt has standards version 2.4.1
And more serious: If you want to force the upgrade of the standards
version you must file 579 RC bugs on these packages.
cu
Adrian
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