Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org> writes:
> gnade
[...]
> gnat-gps
... not in lenny.
> libgtkada2 - new upstream release, new ABI. Only one rdep (below).
No r-dep in lenny. Removal?
> libflorist - no rdeps
Removal?
> - leaving lenny with a half-done transition (some packages depending on
> libgnat-4.1, others depending on libgnat-4.3) would completely break
> Debian as a consistent Ada development platform; not to mention that the
> RC bugs mentioned above are still in lenny today;
Only the libgtkada2 bug is still present in lenny.
> - As I read them, the published freeze rules say nothing specific against
> new upstream releases.
Read again, then:
| - If the version in unstable already includes significant changes not
| related to the bug to be fixed, contact debian-release about
| uploading to testing-proposed-updates. Changed dependencies, new
^^^
| upstream versions, changed library names, and completely rewriting
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| the packaging are "significant changes". So are lots of other
| things.
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Marc
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