Hi, the apt team plans to upload a new version of apt around 1. April that unfortunately breaks the ABI. To make this as painless as possible we would like to coordinate this with you so that we can schedule bin-NMUs. The ABI break is required for following new features: - allow multiple ddtp translation downloads - allow Packages file without long descriptions [0] - preparation of the cache/data structures for multi-arch support - better logging
The unstoppable David Kalnischkies deserves kudos for working on most of these important features. Please let me know if the timing is ok, we are flexible with the date and will utilize experimental as a staging area. On a sidetrack it would be good to know if we should tag RC bug #558784 [1] as squeeze-ignore and work together on the issue after the squeeze release or if untagged immediately as you are also the maintainer of the debian-archive-keyring. thanks, Michael [0] http://lists.debian.org/deity/2009/08/msg00073.html [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=558784 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100319161748.ga30...@tas
