Bug#266478: KDE 3.3 is not released by upstream, and unfit for sarge
Package: kdelibs
Version: 4:3.3.0-1
Tags: sid
Severity: serious
Hi,
kdelibs 3.3 is not fit for inclusion into sarge. Reason: Will cause a
lot of breakage, and a heavy delay in the release plan. Also, 3.3 is
not released till now by upstream, but only betas are available.
Actually, this upload should never have happened.
Cheers,
Andi
See http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2004/08/msg00222.html:
| As some of you probably already know, a number of packages from KDE 3.3
| have been uploaded today to unstable. This upload of a major new
| upstream release was not discussed with the release team prior to
| upload; actually, it's caused quite a bit of consternation and generally
| made for a crappy day on account of the impact on the libtiff freeze.
|
| The problems for libtiff have, however, been sorted at this point.
| Consequently, this note is to let maintainers of KDE packages know that
| the release team does not plan to delay the freeze for KDE3.3. After
| discussing with Ben Burton, it is clear that allowing only part of KDE
| 3.3 into sarge so close to the freeze is likely to lead to new bugs, and
| that any attempt to get all of KDE3.3 into sarge at this point would
| unacceptably delay the release schedule.
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