Re: Please unblock docbook-xsl 1.71.0.dfsg.1-2
On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 07:13:23PM +0100, Daniel Leidert wrote:
> > | - fixes for severity: important bugs in packages of priority: optional
> > | or extra, only when this can be done via unstable;
> Well. So I have to start to copy every bug reported to upstream to
> Debian BTS and then I apply to this item.
No, when we're talking about 1500 lines of diff for some 20 different bugs,
the issue is with the classification of these all as "important". Maybe you
do consider them important, but it's not realistic for us to review this
many changes, any of which might cause a regression singly or in combination
with another change; and it's not appropriate to let docbook-xsl in without
a thorough review when there are over a hundred packages in etch that
build-depend on it and could be affected by any regressions.
> > Doesn't apply.
> > | - translation updates and
> Translation updates and fixes are included. See patch
> debian/patches/80_common_locale_fixes.dpatch.
But not all of the changes are translation updates; you don't get a freeze
exception just because *some* of the changes would be granted a freeze
exception.
And anyway, many of the changes in 80_common_locale_fixes.dpatch are opaque
changes to language codes, not translation updates, whose impact is not at
all clear from reviewing them. In particular, what is this change for?:
+diff -urNad docbook-xsl-1.71.0.dfsg.1~/common/am.xml docbook-xsl-1.71.0.dfsg.1/common/am.xml
+--- docbook-xsl-1.71.0.dfsg.1~/common/am.xml 2006-09-09 16:37:17.000000000 +0200
++++ docbook-xsl-1.71.0.dfsg.1/common/am.xml 2006-12-29 04:53:27.000000000 +0100
+@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@
+ </l:context>
+
+ <l:context name="htmlhelp">
+- <l:template name="langcode" text="0x0409 እንግሊዝኛ (አሜሪካ)"/>
++ <l:template name="langcode" text="0x0409 English"/>
+ </l:context>
+
+ <l:context name="index">
I'm pretty sure that Amharic isn't English.
> But I see, you are not willing to have a look at the changes. And of
> course: When the DPL started his job in 2006 is of course an important
> documentation fix.
Documentation fixes are permitted because they're *non-disruptive*. Your
package update threatens to be *very* disruptive.
I'm sorry that you weren't in a position to get the updates you wanted in
before the freeze, but that doesn't mean we're going to risk the release
timeline for a bunch of non-RC bugfixes.
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