Re: Removing mediawiki dependencies on pgsql for etch
On Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 08:12:39PM +0100, Luk Claes wrote:
> > Following with bug #414885 and so issue duck had while upgrading from
> > mediawiki 1.7 with pgsql, we have come to the conclusion that mediawiki1.7
> > should not be shipped in eth with its current pgsql dependencies since its
> > support seems not to be complete enough...
> > Given that I have uploaded some newer releases in experimental for changes
> > that I don't want to propose for etch, my plan is to raise the severity of
> > bug 414885 to serious, rename it to "pgsql support should be droped for
> > etch", add the two awaiting po translations and remove pgsql dependecies to
> > current sid package and upload a mediawiki1.7 1.7.1-9etch0 to unstable and
> > then ask for its inclusion into testing.
> > Is that the right way to handle this situation ?
> > Thanks for your help.
> I'm afraid the time for translation updates is over. So please only remove the
> dependencies in your upload.
Well, if an update is needed anyway, I don't object to the inclusion of l10n
changes. I just won't grant exceptions for l10n changes /alone/, because
the risk of broken binary packages getting into the release is comparatively
high at this point and outweighs the benefits of l10n updates alone.
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