Bug#687583: unblock: altos/1.1-1

[Ivo De Decker <ivo.dedecker@ugent.be>]

Control: retitle -1 unblock: altos/1.1.1-1

Hi Bdale,

On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 04:21:45PM -0600, Bdale Garbee wrote:
> Please unblock package altos.  This version fixes RC bug #676739 which
> was present at the time of wheezy freeze.  

After this unblock was filed, altos 1.1.1-1 entered unstable.

> Note that this is a new upstream release that is better in every way
> than the version 1.0.3 currently in Debian, and not a minimal diff fixing
> only the build-dep problem that is the cause of the RC bug.  It has
> always been our intention that altos 1.1 be released with wheezy, it
> just took much longer to complete our testing and release process than
> expected, partly due to fire bans preventing test launches in Colorado
> this summer.  Since this is a leaf package with nothing depending on it,
> and the only real alternative is to request that altos be removed
> entirely from the next stable release, we hope this will be considered
> acceptable for an unblock.


I don't think this is in line with the freeze policy. I was going to add the
debdiff to this unblock request, but I guess this says enough (diff between
1.0.3, currently in wheezy, and 1.1.1-1, in sid):

648 files changed, 71092 insertions(+), 23873 deletions(-)

Based on your report, I think the only possibility is to remove altos from
wheezy. But obviously, that's not my call.

Cheers,

Ivo