Re: Bug#318463: Proposed update to e2fsprogs for stable
On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 10:08:55PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 02:43:31PM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote:
> > Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> > > On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 06:58:27AM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote:
> > > > Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> > > > > When is the first stable update planned to be released?
> > > >
> > > > I would like to update sarge before September, but haven't heard
> > > > back from ftpmaster yet whether this would be possible.
> > >
> > > In that case, given that timeline, and given that testing is going to
> > > be frozen at 1.37-2sarge1 for several weeks, could you arrange an
> > > override so that 1.37-2sarge-2 can get into stable-proposed-updates?
>
> > I have no power over the archive.
>
> > Maybe Steve or Colin can help.
>
> Sorry, we don't have any more access to override katie's version
> constraints than you do. There's been discussion about whether uploads
> to s-p-u should have the same effect of back-propagating to t-p-u and
> unstable that stable-security does, but I don't think any real
> conclusion has been reached yet.
>
> The other option would be to upload a version of e2fsprogs built against
> glibc 2.3.2 to testing-proposed-updates, allow it to be installed, and
> then upload to stable as well. Not that I'm keen on letting large
> updates in through t-p-u, but given that these are important fixes that
> testing is also missing, it seems reasonable to try.
OK, so what is the best way forward at this point? Should I try
uploading e2fsprogs to t-p-u, then?
Thanks, regards,
- Ted
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