Bug#621101: transition: db (db4,6, db4.7, db4.8)

[Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>]

On Wed, May  9, 2012 at 09:30:09 +0200, Ondřej Surý wrote:

> On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 9:23 AM, Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> wrote:
> > On a quick look, cyrus in squeeze seems to depend on db4.7.  Does it
> > also need db4.8-util?
> 
> It depend on db4.8 for some time in the past of wheezy, so I think it would
> be safer. We probably need db4.8-util anyway because there were some
> users other than cyrus-imapd in the squeeze, which will need the tools.
> 
> Anyway this long list will be cut to just two version post-wheezy
> (prev and cur).
> The infrastructure is already there, but currently the 'prev' includes
> db4.7 and db4.8.
> 
Alright.

> >> >  + python2.6
> >>
> >> Isn't python2.6 going away after python2.7 transition is complete?
> >>
> > I think it's too late now.  Matthias might disagree.
> >
> >> >  + sendmail
> >>
> >> Sendmail maintainer is unresponsive. (Two RC bugs.)
> >> I can NMU, but my only knowledge of sendmail is only 'the big evil MTA' :)
> >>
> >> >  + subversion
> >>
> >> 4 RC bugs
> >>
> >> I suggest to remove sendmail and subversion from testing for the time being.
> >>
> > Not going to happen, I'm afraid.
> 
> Ok, I'll try to tackle with the horrible sendmail build system and do a NMU.
> 
> For subversion it really needs it's maintainer attention (I just pinged him).
> 
Thanks!

Cheers,
Julien