Georg Faerber: > Hi all, > > I've just uploaded 0.8.0-1 to unstable, which ships .epub support as > requested by some people and the patch to make the Nautilus extension > work. It should migrate on March 10 or the day after. > > On 19-02-26 11:31:21, Jonas Meurer wrote: >> After I slept a night over it, I realized that this plan doesn't take >> into account our options to still handle the mat1 -> mat2 transition >> in time for buster. After all we agreed on that mat(1) should better >> not be shipped with buster. Now that we have at least a Nautilus >> extension for mat2, there's no blocker for the mat -> mat2 transitoon >> anymore, no? > > You're right, I've missed this, thanks for keeping track of it. > >> If we ask ftpmasters and the Release Team for help, there might still >> be a chance to get a mat2 with a new transitional 'mat' binary package >> into buster, don't you think so? >> >> What do you think about the following: >> >> 1. Ask ftpmaster and Release Team for their opinions on this matter >> 2. Upload mat2 0.7.0-2 with new transitional binary package 'mat' >> 3. Since it will sit in NEW for a few days anyway, maybe 0.7.0-1 will >> transition to buster in the meantime. If not, no worries - we want to >> get 0.7.0-2 into buster anyway. >> >> Maybe you could give short replies on whether you're in favour of this >> plan. I would contact ftpmasters and Release Team as soon as I get >> some positive feedback. > > Sounds good -- in case you're too busy, I could also do it next week. I > think our chances that this gets accepted are pretty good.
Turned out that it's much easier than that: * Source packages that take over existing binary packages don't have to go through NEW. After Georg uploaded 0.8.0-2 with the new transitional binary package to experimental yesterday, I went ahead today and uploaded mat2 0.8.0-3 to unstable just now. * The soft freeze only blocks new *source* packages from transitioning to buster. So if all goes well, mat2 0.8.0-3 with the new transitional binary package 'mat' will enter buster in time, without us needing to ask for a freeze exception at all. > I would also fill the RM bug against mat to get it removed; > @intrigeri / dkg: Could you give a short ACK on this? Well, we decided to go ahead. Hope that's fine with you, intrigeri and dkg. Cheers jonas
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