On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 09:41:05PM -0500, Steve M. Robbins wrote: > On Sat, Jan 28, 2006 at 09:51:02PM +0100, Matthias Klose wrote: > > Steve M. Robbins writes: > > > Package ccmalloc explicitly build-depends on all supported C++ > > > compilers because it builds a specific module for each. > > > Two bugs have been filed against it suggesting that g++-3.3 (BTS > > > 343034) and g++-3.4 (BTS 342959) are on their way out. Is that true? > > > I don't recall seeing any sort of official announcement about this. > > what kind of official announcement do you need? > I've come to expect a note to a prominent place like -devel, > or -devel-announce. The sort of thing we've seen for the > various transitions recently: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/10/msg00001.html Affects over a thousand packages. > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/11/msg00002.html Affects some 300 packages, requiring close coordination for testing. > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/11/msg00010.html Affects several hundred more packages, again requiring coordination between maintainers. > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/11/msg00022.html Affects > 500 packages. > For instance, there was no mention in the release team plans for etch: Because it only affects a handful of packages that are using a non-default compiler, which are being picked off one-by-one. :) -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@debian.org http://www.debian.org/
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