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Re: freeze upstream releases



On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 18:43 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 02:33:24PM +0100, Bart Martens wrote:
> > About this message:
> > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/11/msg00004.html
> 
> > You wrote:
> > > We do expect to freeze the full archive soon now that
> > > the installer RC 1 is out
> 
> > But also:
> > > Please do not upload new upstream releases (...)
> > > without discussing with the release team
> 
> > I just agreed with Stephen Quinney to adopt a few perl packages.
> > http://lists.debian.org/debian-perl/2006/11/msg00042.html
> 
> > Of course :) I picked a few packages for which new upstream releases are
> > available.  Some packages are already on their way to my sponsor (cc)
> > for verification and upload.
> 
> > Is it OK to upload new upstream releases for these packages?
> 
> > libclass-dbi-loader-relationship-perl
> 
> This one's ok, it only has one reverse-dependency.

OK.

> 
> > libexporter-lite-perl
> > libxml-simple-perl
> > libclass-dbi-perl
> 
> These each have multiple reverse-dependencies.  What steps will you take to
> ensure that the new upstream versions don't cause regressions in these other
> packages?

Let's not risk such regressions.  It is not so important to me to get
the newest upstream releases shipped with etch.

Thanks for the feedback.

Bart Martens

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