Re: libcwd/non-free
On Mon, May 23, 2005 at 11:01:08PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote:
> I am not sure what the status is on non-free packages, but libcwd
> has really not been treated nicely:
>
> 220 days old (needed 10 days)
>
> I have requested it to be built several times and for architectures
> to be masked (or whatever that was called), but have been ignored
> apparently.
You can either file a bug against ftp.debian.org and request removal
of the other architectures or build them yourself (looks easily
buildable on the debian.org machines because of the light build depends).
Regardless of our decision this will have to be dealt with first.
> Since non-free will also have a sarge component and 0.99.37 has many
> critical bugs that 0.99.39 fixes, I herewith request for libcwd to
Could you please identify them for us? But honestly, the diff looks to
big to let that in now.
> be hinted for inclusion, and if it's only i386. The library was
> designed for i386 only, but so far, I have not been able to get it
> to break on other architectures. Thus, the other architectures have
> been left in, but I would be satisfied if it at least came for i386.
>
> Thanks for your consideration.
Gruesse,
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Frank Lichtenheld <djpig@debian.org>
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