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Re: your sks upload to unstable



On Mon, Sep  6, 2010 at 08:41:13 +0200, Christoph Martin wrote:

> Hi Julien,
> 
> Am 03.09.2010 17:07, schrieb Julien Cristau:
> > you uploaded sks 1.1.1+dpkgv3-2 to unstable fixing an RC bug a few days
> > ago.  Unfortunately that upload appears to have many non-critical
> > changes over the version in testing, in particular the change from dbs
> > tar-in-tar to dpkg v3 makes it impossible for us to review the changes
> > for inclusion, and is generally frowned upon during a freeze.  How do
> > you want to proceed to get that bug fix in squeeze?
> 
> thanks for asking.
> 
> Maybe it was the wrong point in time to move from dbs to quilt ...
> 
> The RC bug you mention I do not really consider as one, because it is
> about reading documentation. Besides the change from dbs to quilt the
> only change is the addition of a NEWS file which warns about the upgrade
> of the used berkely db and that you have to do it by hand.
> 
> So the are three possibilities that I can see.
> 
> We could downgrade the RC bug.
> 
> Or you could accept the package into testing because there is no code
> change and only the added NEWS file.
> 
> Or a new package with the dbs base could be uploaded with just the NEWS
> file added.
> 
> What do you think?
> 
I'll take the easy way out and trust you that there's no code change in
the new upload.  Unblocked the unstable version.

Cheers,
Julien

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