Debian v2.1 ("Slink") Deep Freeze
After considerable delay, Slink is almost ready for release. As such, it will go into the "deep freeze" on Wednesday, January 20th. New uploads will be _greatly_ restricted. Also, the following packages will be removed because of release-critical bugs still open against them: ftpwatch 31627 ftpwatch: trivial root exploit grail 31905 grail never starts (lengthy mail) ivtools 31966 Post Inst error licq 31614 licq: licq reads from the console when started from the menus! newscache 26057 newscache: Access control not compiled in pilot-link 31806 pilot-link: Can't build from source qtscape 31565 qtscape depends on obsolete version of qt scwm 31555 libguile4: hoses scwm (yet again) snd 30941 snd does not work with slink version of lesstif If you have any objections to this list, please email me immediately. Also, the following packages will hold up the final release because of release- critical bugs against them. boot-floppies 31099 the 'load modules' screen hangs 31618 Frozen boot floppies don't work on Tosh laptop. cracklib-runtime 27511 crack_packer outputs numbers to stdout dpkg 17624 dpkg: installs regular dir when .deb contains symlink ! 21182 dpkg: dpkg can go into an infinite loop with --force-configure-any 28519 dpkg: dpkg creates circular symlinks 28817 dpkg takes no care over libdpkg 30090 weirdass dpkg coredumps and xbase upgrade insanity 30891 dpkg: Patch for update-alternatives to fix jdk problems dpkg-dev 25537 dpkg-dev: dpkg-genchanges does not allow "-" in the architecture 31508 parsechangelog broken? dpkg-multicd 32068 multicd can't reinstall removed package fileutils 30184 fileutils: chown broken on symlinks ftp.debian.org 14898 courtney has problematic license 31282 upgrade-1386 directory in Incoming 31578 cfengine needs to be in frozen 31828 cgiwrap is old and unmaintained kernel-image-2.0 31516 kernel-image-2.0.36: please add these ISDN fixes kernel-package 31972 kernel-package: GUESS_ARCH breaks kernel-image package libapache-mod-pu 32043 Typo prevents package removal libc6 31734 severe bug in frozen base 32035 ldso: dpkg warning overwriting file in libc6 libgd1g 31586 libgd1g: broken shlibs and wrong section in control file lprng 23682 lprng: The default configuration permits _anyone_ to use a printer 31889 lprng: error in postinst netbase 32092 Undeclared depend: suidmanager nonus.debian.org 21423 Dpkg-ftp can't handle alternative distributions 31326 Broken symlinks on nonus.debian.org 31964 dselect tries to install old package perl-suid 31904 Secuity hole with perl (suidperl) and nosuid mounts on Linux tcsh 28959 meta keys in tcsh don't work anymore! wu-ftpd-academ 30931 wu-ftpd-academ: Can't build from source! xbase 30852 X packages do not upgrade automatically due to name change. xdm 29360 xdm: Stopped X without warning/asking xlib6 31610 xlib6: requires gcc but declares no dependency (dpkg --print-gnu-build-architecture?) xserver-common 29166 xserver-common: should depend or at least recommend properly ver'd xlib6g If you would like to help speed the release of the next Debian distribution, you are encouraged to take part in fixing these bugs. More information about them can be found on Debian's web page: http://www.debian.org/Bugs/ The official release date is yet unset, but with luck it can be as early as the end of January. More likely, though, is mid-February. Brian White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian Release Manager