On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 01:56:47PM +0200, Olivier Berger wrote: > I understand that, and expected this kind of answer, hoping that I could > get clarification. You could have gotten clarification just by following up to the bug you knew was already open... > > > so that testing becomes useable without downgrading libxft*.dev to > > > stable's versions ? > > Testing is already perfectly usable if you're running testing. If you are > > still seeing bug #350113, you aren't running current testing, because > > libxft2 2.1.8.2-3 is not broken when using the libfreetype6 2.1.10-1 that's > > also in testing. > So you mean that the crashes in applications as reported in current open > grave bugs are now solved ? The final resolution is still pending; when freetype 2.2 is released, the shlibs will be bumped again, and the current RC bugs in libfreetype6 for breaking ABI will also be fixed. I don't think there's much point in trying to get this particular issue fixed up in the meantime, beyond the extent to which it already has been. > Thanks in advance if you can clarify this, and maybe update #350113 > details for testing users who were hit by that bug at some time, and > reverted to stable's version (Following : > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=350113;msg=52) What do you believe is missing from my last message to bug #350113? -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@debian.org http://www.debian.org/
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