Re: Releasing -8?

[Fabio Massimo Di Nitto <fabbione@fabbione.net>]

Hi Andreas,

On Mon, 19 Apr 2004, Andreas Metzler wrote:

> Hello,
> How is the status of -8? The changelog is already almost as long as
> the changelogs for -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 and -7 taken together and especially
> the xlib6g fix should be part of sarge, shouldn't it?

The changelog in trunk is. There is no merge yet in branch for -8.

> Afaict Branden is going to manage this release:

No. I will. I got full access to the net again only a few days ago (reason
for the delay).

> Branden Robinson writes on Fri, 9 Apr 2004
> > We've spoken in IRC since then and I agree with scheduling -8 for the
> > end of next week; sooner if circumstances warrant.
>
> Hmm, After pasting this, I realize that "end of next week" was
> yesterday. I'll send the mail anyway and request ingnoring it if you
> would rather not be pestered.

Yes this is correct. We are already late but our real-life has priority,
sometimes higher than X or Debian. I expect to review the work that has
been done on trunk during this evening.

Thanks
Fabio

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