Bug#746012: closed by Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org> (Bug#746012: fixed in graphviz 2.38.0-1)
Am 07.10.2014 um 18:42 schrieb Rob Browning:
> Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org> writes:
>
>> so what exactly is release critical in the current package?
>
> A long while back I wanted to remove 1.8 from jessie, so I was told to
> first file bugs, then file an RM/ROM, and then, after a while, upgrade
> any remaining bugs to serious.
>
> The reason I want to remove 1.8 is that it's been unmaintained upstream
> since about 2010, and we'd be substantially better off if we didn't
> carry it for another couple of years -- but we (I) can and will carry it
> if we have to. (I'll be happy enough that we we've finally been able to
> drop 1.6.)
>
> In any case I've been keeping track of the status of various significant
> rdepends (and talking to the maintainers) in order to keep track of
> where we stand. Right now it looks like I'll probably be downgrading
> all the bugs next week, and letting 1.8 go for another release.
no, 1.8 shouldn't be shipped in jessie (I removed 1.8 from Ubuntu some months
before). I think you take the wrong approach. I think a lot of bug reports,
including this one, are handled wrong. I'm asking you why you think this issue
prevents removal of 1.8? You didn't explain that.
Matthias
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