Bug#698778: preapproval of expect/5.45-3

[intrigeri <intrigeri@debian.org>]

Hi,

Sergei Golovan wrote (29 Sep 2013 22:07:34 GMT) :
> On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 1:59 AM, Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> wrote:
>> Sergei Golovan <sgolovan@nes.ru> (2013-09-30):
>>> I've uploaded this change to unstable (and it already hit testing). No
>>> complains whatsoever.
>>
>> yes, I saw that, and that's nice. That doesn't buy us squeeze→wheezy
>> upgrade testing, though, which is what we would like to avoid breaking
>> or worsening.

> True. But as far as I see, the current situation with this upgrade is
> far from perfect. It silently breaks expectk and packages which depend
> on it. With conflict the user can choose whether to remove expectk or
> to retain the old expect.

My understanding is that this 1-year old proposed update will be
blocked as long as no super-serious testing of its effect on the
Squeeze->Wheezy upgrade is done.

Does anyone here intend to do so at some point, or should we close
this bug?

Cheers,
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