On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 01:10:18AM -0400, Ted Ts'o wrote: > On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 12:36:01AM +0200, Philipp Kern wrote: > > We cannot use the unstable version verbatim for technical reasons. So I'd like > > to ask you to add a changelog entry with "Upload to proposed-updates." and a > > version like 1.41.12-4+squeeze1. It needs to be built in a stable chroot > > and you'd need to specify the stable version with "-v1.41.12-2" to debuild/ > > dpkg-buildpackage so that the right changelog entries are included in the > > .changes. I.e. please go ahead. > What I uploaded into unstable *was* built with a stable chroot, but > sure, I can re-upload it with the appropriate version number and > changelog entry. > > I assume it should be dupload'ed to the proposed-updates queue, > correct? To the normal ftp-master queue with stable as its distribution target in the .changes (i.e. the changelog dist bit). But proposed-updates works equally well. > > The deadline for the next point release is this weekend, though. I > > apologize for the delay in responding; we're tying up the lose ends > > for the point release currently and this was one of them, which was > > lingering around because we generally don't like touching core stuff > > with extensive changes. > Understood. OK, I'm flying back from Portland (Usenix ATC) to Boston > tomorrow morning, so I'll prepare the packages while I'm in the air. > I may not have a chance to upload them until late Saturday night or > Sunday mid-day, although I will try to do it sooner if I can. (I just > want to make some allowances for Murphy's law while I'm in transit...) > I hope that will be enough time? Late Saturday night sounds good. ;-) Thanks, Philipp Kern -- .''`. Philipp Kern Debian Developer : :' : http://philkern.de Stable Release Manager `. `' xmpp:phil@0x539.de Wanna-Build Admin `- finger pkern/key@db.debian.org
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