Bug#202174: Bug#202977: RC bug removal for 2003-12-01
On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 06:29:32PM +0200, Tobias Toedter wrote:
> Hi Colin,
>
> it's certainly an ambitous goal to release on December, 1st. But I like the
> idea very much, and so I'll try to do my best in helping to sort out some
> obsolete packages with RC bugs. I sent this mail to you just because I once
> mailed a manpage to you, and you were quite nice and responsive... :-)
>
> So maybe you'll want to add this info to your report due for Monday, 25th.
>
> Package: db2
> Testing: 2:2.7.7.0-8
> Unstable: 2:2.7.7.0-8
> Bugs: 202977 (RC), 169830, 111288, 139962, 150060, 151904, 157308, 183220,
> 78049, 193400, 198543
> Suggestion: remove-from-testing
> Analysis:
> The RC-bug is already about the removal of this package, since just one
> single program still depends on this old version of the library (see below).
> There are also newer version available (db3, db4.1).
The problem is that packages still depend on libdb2 and libdb3 is neither API
nor ABI compatible. I'm actually working on splitting libdb2 apart into
libdb2-compat and libdb2 and deleting libdb2++{,-dev}.
> Package: animals
> Testing: 19991226-4.2
> Unstable: 19991226-4.2
> Bugs: 195404 (RC), 142364, 130194, 153037, 61825 (fixed in NMU), 84549 (fixed
> in NMU), 70080 (fixed in NMU), 70174 (fixed in NMU), 202174 (orphaned)
> Suggestion: remove-from-testing
> Analysis:
> This program is the last one depending on libdb2++. It has a couple of bugs,
> some fixed in NMUs 3(!) years ago. Those fixes were never included; last
> official maintainer upload dated on 2000-02-27. It's more or less unneeded
> anyways (simple AI game) and was orphaned by DPL on 2003-07-20.
The maintainer has now reappeared and I am in contact with him.
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