Re: Freeze: APT, Software Center, and other stuff [Was: Re: Bits from the (chilly) release team]

[Philipp Kern <pkern@debian.org>]

Hi,

On 08/06/2010 02:25 PM, Julian Andres Klode wrote:
> A few comments here
> APT (keep deity@l.d.o in CC for this)
> =====================================
> Will the APT 0.7.26 transition still be started? (mvo reported it in
> April, 579795) [and it can fix potential segfaults in python-apt].
>    

yes, the APT transition is still on the list of scheduled transitions.

> python-apt
> -----------
>
> I have code for a new python-apt release in bzr, fixing a few bugs;
> nothing problematic:
>   debian/changelog               | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>   doc/source/conf.py             |  9 +++++++--
>   doc/source/library/apt_pkg.rst |  9 +++++++++
>   python/apt_pkgmodule.cc        |  2 ++
>   python/configuration.cc        | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
>   python/tag.cc                  |  5 +++++
>   6 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> I also want to push the version to 0.7.100 for the Squeeze release, but
> this is purely cosmetic (as 0.7.9X were meant as preview releases).
>    

Ok, we can check it when it's finished, I presume.

> GNOME High-level package management
> ====================================
>
> app-install-data
> ----------------
> As usual before a release, app-install-data needs a new upload in order
> to integrate the desktop files in the squeeze release; otherwise, some
> packages may not be listed in the Software Center or the install
> functionality of nautilus.
>
> A new upload is created by downloading the packages in squeeze and
> extracting the .desktop files and relevant icons and putting them into
> the package (that's why I don't update the package very often, it just
> takes a large amount of time).
>
> I could upload a new version in the next days, and probably a second one
> after some time, in order to not miss packages which migrated after the
> first upload.
>    

Right, so nothing funky.  That's ok.

> software-center
> ---------------
> Still needs updates to remove Ubuntu/Canonical specific stuff from the
> documentation (#564276)
>    

Ok.  Thanks for the update.

> Others
> ======
> ndiswrapper
> -----------
> I guess the ndiswrapper in unstable should be blocked again, the only
> additions it contains are broken support for kernel 2.6.35 (I did not
> expect the freeze now, so I thought it might be nice to have for users
> running newer kernels).
>    

I commented out the unblock.  I suppose you are ok with 1.56-1 being in 
squeeze then?

Kind regards,
Philipp Kern