Hi! I would like to propose a new release goal: the removal of the outdated wxwindows2.4 library. Upstream as already released the 2.8 versions which makes 2.4 unsupported. WxWindows 2.4 also depends on GTK+ 1.2 which is outdated as well. It sounds like a realistic goal to migrate affected packages to at least WxWidgets 2.6 before Lenny is released. On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 01:19:41AM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > * Each release goal must be associated with one or two single developer(s) > who should be able to give a status overview when the release team needs > that information. I am willing to coordinate this effort. An overview of the situation can be found on Debian wiki: http://wiki.debian.org/GetRidOfWxWindows2%2e4 > * The (approximate) number of issues to be fixed needs to be identified > (and most of them should be ready to filed as bugs). 12 source packages currently needs one of the binary packages built from wxwindows2.4. > * There needs to be a long-term strategy to fix all filed bugs. If > possible, all bugs should be filed with a patch or some instructions > how to solve the problem. Some packages already works with a newer version of the library. Some will need to be patched to work with the new API. Coordination with upstream or removal of obsolete packages will be needed. > * There needs to be a long-term strategy that prevents new occurences of > this issue. Removal of wxwindows2.4 from the archive should prevent any new packages from depending on it. Cheers, -- Jérémy Bobbio .''`. lunar@debian.org : :Ⓐ : # apt-get install anarchism `. `'` `-
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