Hi, Thanks to prompt action by the ftp-masters, the recently released slang2 is now in the archive. This mail is a request for maintainers of packages that use slang1 to recompile and test their packages against slang2; I intend to file patches against such packages over the next few days, barring objections.
As slang is a required package, it would be good to complete this transition promptly and not have both versions in base, hence the bug filing. It would be especially good to have the changeover made in time for the planned release of the first debian-installer candidate for Etch, at the end of July. According to apt-cache, the affected packages are: aalib asc asciijump aview avifile bb cfdisk-utf8 drip francine freej fte gcompris gnome-lokkit gst-plugins gst-plugins0.8 jed kdeaddons libcaca libdv libterm-slang-perl lpe most nano newt partimage pdmenu pinball python-slang slang slmon slrn slsc tasksel ticker timidity util-linux vlc xaos xawtv xine-lib xine-ui (Please report any errors or omissions in the list). slang2 has full UTF8 support, replacing the split UTF8 / non-UTF8 libslang1 libraries; please test UTF8 support of your package. (Note: the current version of slang2 in the archive does not have fribidi support yet; I am porting that patch from slang1 forward to 2.0.4, the next release of slang2 due out this weekend). Regards Alastair McKinstry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]