On Tue, 2010-10-05 at 15:37 -0500, Raphael Geissert wrote: > Pure debdiff is misleading: > debdiff -w *dsc | filterdiff -x '*/tests/*' -x '*win32*' -x '*debian/*' -x > '*TSRM/*' -x '*configure*' -x '*README*' -x '*NEWS*' -x '*pcrelib*' -x > '*mysqlnd*' -x '*/build/*' -x '*oci8/*' -x '*libsqlite*' -x '*pear/*' -x > '*litespeed*' -x '*milter*' -x '*nsapi*' -x '*dsp' -x '*dsw' -x '*vcproj' -x > '*32' -x '*vc6' -x '*date/lib/*' -x '*Zend/zend_language_scanner.c' -x > '*Zend/zend_ini_parser.output' -x '*Zend/zend_ini_parser.c' -x '*cp5022x*' - > x '*jisx0201*' -x '*sjis*' -x '*sapi/fpm/*' | diffstat > 277 files changed, 4307 insertions(+), 2052 deletions(-) > > Explanation: [...] > sapi/fpm: new SAPI
That's a rather quick dismissal of what appears to be completely new functionality comprising 10,000 lines of code (+ patches and packaging files), imho. Given that the package description even says that most people shouldn't install it, how much of an issue would not building it for Squeeze be? > Not to mention that there's a regressions test suite. Talking about it: > $ filterdiff -i '*/tests/*' -x '*oci8*' diff | diffstat | tail -n1 > 415 files changed, 8815 insertions(+), 2827 deletions(-) > > (it's the same poor "changes" metric that is used to rule out new versions, > so > I think it's fair if I include it.) It's not a case of "ruling out" changes based purely on the diffstat; it does provide a useful yardstick for many cases, however. > If you want ditch the work that has been done by upstream, my fellow > maintainers, and other contributors, go ahead. Just beware that the current > version in testing isn't ready. Please can we try and keep the discussion constructive? Nobody wants to "ditch" work, but we need to balance that against the risks of including a larger update at this stage of the process. Regards, Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-release-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1286398773.9555.513.ca...@hathi.jungle.funky-badger.org