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Re: Please ensure SVGATextMode < 1.9-18 does not enter the distro for amd64



Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 05:11:36AM +0930, Ron wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Looking at the build logs for the latest upload, I see that
>> un-blacklisting this for amd64 means the svgatextmode_1.9-15
>> release (in testing) has been successfully built for amd64 now.
> 
> It was actually build for stable, and uploaded to stable.
> 
>> I don't believe we should distribute that one though, since the
>> 'warning: large integer implicitly truncated to unsigned type'
>> is a sign that outb() is being called with the port and value
>> parameters reversed.
> 
> This is something for the stable release team then.  They should
> probably reject svgatextmode_1.9-15 for etch.

Package rejected.

>> If we can keep anything prior to 1.9-18 still blocked that would
>> probably be wise.
> 
> I've set it to failed state in stable for now.  Maybe the release team
> will consider an upload to proposed updates to fix it?

Well, it would be nice if we would know what it's about before considering
it... Please tell us what's broken in the package in stable and how you want
to fix it. Thanks already.

Cheers

Luk



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