X Strike Force XFree86 SVN commit: r2203 - /
Author: branden
Date: 2005-02-19 02:41:13 -0500 (Sat, 19 Feb 2005)
New Revision: 2203
Modified:
NEWS.xhtml
Log:
Announce 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12 release.
Modified: NEWS.xhtml
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--- NEWS.xhtml 2005-02-19 07:28:23 UTC (rev 2202)
+++ NEWS.xhtml 2005-02-19 07:41:13 UTC (rev 2203)
@@ -80,6 +80,16 @@
<h2 id="news">News and announcements</h2>
+ <p>[19 February] <strong>XFree86 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12 has been accepted into Debian unstable.</strong> I handled this
+ release. It fixes <a href="http://bugs.debian.org/295175";>Bug #295175</a>, which corrects a failure of the
+ <code>xfree86-common</code> and <code>xdm</code> packages to purge, which in turn caused much grief for the
+ autobuilders. The actual flaw in the code has been present for several package releases, but the
+ <code>update-rc.d</code> and <code>debconf</code> behavior which exposed it was only provoked by a re-ordering of
+ the packages' <code>postrm</code> scripts which happened in -11. My QA skills had also gotten rusty thanks to
+ Fabio's diligent stewardship, and I neglected to run the purge test I documented in the <a
+ href="http://necrotic.deadbeast.net/xsf/XFree86/HACKING.txt";>XSF XFree86 hacking document</a>. My apologies for the
+ SNAFU. <address>branden</address></p>
+
<p>[12 February] <strong>XFree86 4.3.0.dfsg.1-11 has been accepted into Debian unstable.</strong> I handled this
release, since Fabio is still recovering from his wedding. <code>:-)</code> <address>branden</address></p>
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