Re: Debian 2.1r3
Christian Meder <meder@isr.uni-stuttgart.de> writes:
> On Sat, Aug 14, 1999 at 12:10:10PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> > package: ftape
> > version: 4.03pre2.1999.04.25-1
> > major update over slink, don't think it meets the update criteria
>
> First of all it's only a minor update: slink has got pre1. Secondly
> * compiles with 2.2.x kernels
> * important bugfixes for parallel port floppy tape drives
> and Ditto Max 2GB
> pre1 won't compile with 2.2.x kernels and I thought slink was meant to
> be compatible with 2.2.x kernels although not officially supporting
> them.
I don't think this is sufficient to get it into stable.
> Besides pre1 could cause unrecoverable tape archives with
> parallel port tape drives and the Ditto Max 2GB which is not a
> particularly useful feature for a floppy tape driver ;-)
>
> I guess at least the latter could be viewed as a good reason to
> include ftape in the slink update.
Yes, althought it is a new upstream version, no? How high is your
confidence that it does not introduce new bugs, and on what grounds?
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