Re: gif-producing code and sarge?
* Colin Watson (cjwatson@debian.org) [040524 11:10]:
> On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 10:26:26AM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote:
> > * Colin Watson (cjwatson@debian.org) [040524 00:40]:
> > > On Sun, May 23, 2004 at 08:57:39PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote:
> > > > So, I would like to move these packages / programs into main (more
> > > > specifically, ppmtogif from netpbm-nonfree into netpbm-free, and file
> > > > wishlist requests on the appropriate dependend packages). However, as
> > > > the last expiry falls into the deep freeze (at least I hope this ;),
> > > > it might be useful to make the move earlier (now?). Well, this
> > > > decision is of course yours, so please tell me if it's ok to upload
> > > > packages that produce compressed gif into main earlier than 7th July.
> > > I think that decision is probably ftpmaster's.
> > In my understanding, if I upload some gif-producing code into main,
> > than this is a RC-bug, and the only instance to tag it sarge-ignore
> > are the release masters.
> Under no circumstances would I expect this to be tagged sarge-ignore in
> any case; but in general questions of "can we distribute this at all"
> and "can we distribute this in main" are the final responsibility of
> ftpmaster.
Ok, I'll ask them. (As we already have this code in non-free, the
question "can we distribute this at all" is already answered.)
Cheers,
Andi
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