Bug#689822: Fwd: Bug#689822: release.debian.org: please accept the package wims_4.03a-8 into testing-proposed-updates

[intrigeri <intrigeri@debian.org>]

Hi,

Georges Khaznadar wrote (27 Jan 2013 10:33:39 GMT) :
> There is a slight modification in my query, since the package wims is
> now based on the upstream release 4.04: the package in sid has the
> version/release number 1:4.04~dfsg2-1

$ debdiff wims_4.03a-7.dsc wims_4.04~dfsg2-1.dsc 2>/dev/null | diffstat | tail -n 1
 1634 files changed, 93015 insertions(+), 12054 deletions(-)

Getting back 4.03a-7 into testing (because it was erroneously removed)
is one thing that might be exceptionally considered even if months
have passed, but unblocking a brand new version with tons of big
changes that don't fit the freeze policy is an entirely different
topic. I'm not part of the release team, but I think it's highly
unlikely, at this stage of the freeze, that they accept this unblock
request. Sorry.

Hence, I suggest you propose a tentative debdiff of 4.03a-7+deb7u1 for
t-p-u that would fix the RC bugs only (#687947 at least), or closing
this bug and maintaining wims through wheezy-backports until Jessie is
out. I hope the former would be considered by the release team, on the
ground that erroneously wims was removed from testing due to a buggy
script on their side, but quite some time has passed since then so I'm
not sure what I would decide if I were in their position.

Cheers,
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