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Re: Permission to upload stella 2.2+cvs20061118-1



Hi Mario,

On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 10:46:41PM +0100, Mario Iseli wrote:
> I maintain the package "stella" which is in non-free.

contrib, actually...

> The package is generally bugfree (beneath the wishlist bug). I had a long
> ping-pong with the upstream author of stella because he gave me some
> suggestions about the debian package. He recommended me to upload a CVS
> snapshot because there are many useful (but uncritical and well tested)
> changes, for example how the list of rom images on the system is
> maintained.  There are also some other small changes as the added .desktop
> file (this will close the wishlist bug). Yeah, so I'm ready with my
> packaged cvs snapshot, my sponsor is having a look at it. May we upload
> the package? (just to be sure, because this is a way of a "new release").

Yes, since this package has no reverse-dependencies, this is ok.  Of course,
you are risking introducing regressions with an upload of a new version that
includes "many useful changes", but that's your risk to take...

Cheers,
-- 
Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
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