Re: bug 284925

2005-11-06 Thread Florian Weimer
* Thomas Bushnell: > What is expected of me with respect to bug 284925? I would like to > close it; a DSA was given for the version in stable, it refers to > woody only, etc, something like that. I don't understand the details, > but I'd like to close it. What should I do? You should acknowled

bug 284925

2005-11-06 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
What is expected of me with respect to bug 284925? I would like to close it; a DSA was given for the version in stable, it refers to woody only, etc, something like that. I don't understand the details, but I'd like to close it. What should I do? Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PR

Re: suggest binNMUs for all arches: python2.[2,3]-libplot

2005-11-06 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, Nov 06, 2005 at 05:23:07PM -0500, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > (regarding python2.1-libplot and python2.2-libplot) > >Both are apparently packages for obsolete versions of python, with no > >reverse dependencies. Why don't we push for their removal instead? > Quite right. I hadn't checked r

Re: How to get KDE in: total analysis

2005-11-06 Thread Nathanael Nerode
>You obviously know where the upstream bug systems are; >wouldn't it be more helpful to take the initiative and forward thesebug >reports yourself? Actually, it probably wouldn't. The first request upstream will make is to test on an stock version of GCC, rather than Debian GCC. The upstream bu

Re: suggest binNMUs for all arches: python2.[2,3]-libplot

2005-11-06 Thread Nathanael Nerode
(regarding python2.1-libplot and python2.2-libplot) >Both are apparently packages for obsolete versions of python, with no >reverse dependencies. Why don't we push for their removal instead? Quite right. I hadn't checked reverse dependencies this time. What's the best way to do this; ask the m

Re: xerces upgrade/transition

2005-11-06 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, depending on the details, uploading xerces27 during the KDE > transition might have made things *easier*... oh well. :) /me experiences brain gears turning How's that? Because some packages could have switched from depending upon libraries t

Re: testing security status (post kde)

2005-11-06 Thread Florian Weimer
* Steve Langasek: > Heh. Would it be worth posting summaries of the unfixed RC security bugs > somewhere from time to time, to try to get more people involved with NMUing > them? Or are most of these not RC security bugs at this point? There is

Re: xerces upgrade/transition

2005-11-06 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 11:06:59AM -0500, Jay Berkenbilt wrote: > I'm going to upload xerces27-2.7.0 soon. This is supposed to be the > last version in the xerces 2.x series. It has been out for some time, > but I didn't want to upload it until the KDE transition was finished. > (Congratulations