Hi Daniel, On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 03:30:27PM +0100, Daniel Leidert wrote:
[bluefish] > > Um, gnome-devel is an important reverse-dependency. We can't just drop > > the meta-gnome2 package from etch if bluefish ends up broken, after all. > It's just a bug-fix release (I'm upstream as well) and we do many tests > to ensure, that it will not "completely break". > > By the upstream description, this doesn't sound too bad, but I'm still > > somewhat wary because this isn't a package we can just kick out if it's > > broken. > This release only fixes a bug, that broke clean bluefish installations > (see the BTS). The rest are only minor bug-fixes, no heavy or minor > code-changes. So I'm pretty sure, that it will not break. > > As long as you're agreeing to stay on top of any bugs that do > > appear and get them fixed in a timely manner, I'm ok with this. > I agree. Ok, then please proceed as you believe is appropriate. [docbook-xsl 1.72] > > No. An "IMO" is not enough when we're talking about introducing > > incompatibilities in a package as deep in the dependency chain as this one > > is. We've already been dealing with a dozen or so build failures over the > > past few weeks caused by regressions in various TeX-related packages, we > > don't need to add to this with behavior changes in our xsl stack. > Ok. But could I package the bug-fix release 1.71.1 (+ adding the missing > files in the source tarball and the patches to fix the 2 open > (forwarded) Debian bugs and a few newly discovered bugs reported to > upstream)? It's just a bug-fix release for the current version in Debian > Sid/Etch. I followed their SVN changes and I'm sure, it will not break > anything. I just did not already do this, because I was offline with a > broken harddrive. Do I get an ok for this? If all of the changes in 1.71.1 are accounted for as bugfixes for known bugs and it's reasonable to believe there are no regression-causing changes, that's ok to upload, yes. Thanks, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]