Re: packages in freeze ???
Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at> wrote:
> Hi all yu more experiences DD wih already one release!
>
> Going onto the Excuses page for one of the packages, eg texinfo, I see:
> * Too young, only 0 of 5 days old
> * Not touching package, as requested by freeze (contact
> debian-release if update is needed)
> * Not considered
Uh.
> But the package has been uploaded to unstable on the 8 October, so
> nothing with 0 days old.
No idea about that.
> I thought the freeze was the 18 October *and* it is lifted anyway?
Yes, it is. But:
,----
| Now it's time for the next stage of the freeze. As of today, base packages
| are frozen, along with the following "non-essential" toolchain packages:
| * debhelper
| * cdbs
| * bison
| * python and python2.4
| * gcj
| * autoconf* && automake*
|
| This list may be extended to include other toolchain packages as we notice
| them. We will let maintainers know as this happens, but the canonical list
| of frozen packages is always available from
| <http://ftp-master.debian.org/testing/hints/freeze>.
`----
Obviously the "we will let maintainers know as this happens" was
forgotten.
Okay, the last upload fixes a RC bug which is particularly important for
its role as a toolchain package, and should go in. What about the other
bug, has it any potential to introduce a regression? I'm not asking
because I believe this, but because we need to argue with the RMs.
Looking at the actual patch, I don't think there's any problem
Has it been approved upstream?
Karl's answer on bugs-texinfo sounds like this: If his checking would
have failed, he'd have spoken up. Right?
Regards, Frank
--
Dr. Frank Küster
Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer (teTeX/TeXLive)
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