Bug#708521: pu: package gcc-4.7/4.7.2-5+deb7u1
On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 12:21:11 +0200, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
> Package: release.debian.org
> Severity: normal
> User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
> Usertags: pu
>
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to get gcc-4.7 updated in wheezy to add an extra Breaks that
> will fix some upgrade paths from squeeze (#690172).
> It's mainly about giving apt a small push to remove some obsolete
> packages (that existed in squeeze but no longer exist in wheezy) and
> therefore properly upgrade all packages and don't 'keep back' that many.
>
> I ve been testing this in piuparts for a long time now without running
> into problems, but getting much cleaner upgrade results :-)
>
> I would clearly prefer a maintainer upload (perhaps with some more
> cherry-picked fixes) instead of doing a NMU.
>
I don't think this qualifies for a stable update, FWIW.
Cheers,
Julien
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