Re: Please push findutils 4.1.20-5 into testing

2004-11-30 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 11:27:05AM +0100, Andreas Metzler wrote: > Hello, > -- > findutils (4.1.20-5) unstable; urgency=low > . >* Chuan-kai Lin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> has offered to serve as backup > maintainer. Thanks. Add him to Uploaders. >* xargs now works even if the en

Re: smlnj blocked from testing. circular dependency

2004-11-30 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 01:56:30PM -0700, Aaron Read wrote: > I believe smlnj is not entering testing because of a circular > dependency (smlnj has itself as a build dependency) if I understand > this correctly: > http://bjorn.haxx.se/debian/testing.pl?package=smlnj No, circular dependencies are

Re: Sarge-Installation-Showstopper: Task "Desktop Environment" fails on arches other than i386 and powerpc due to kdegraphics

2004-11-30 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 10:19:43PM +0100, Joerg Friedrich wrote: > after reading the latest Release Update from Andreas I wonder what will > happen with this issue I reported last week? > ATM installing installation of a simple Desktopenvironment will fail on > all architectures exept for i386 and

Re: Release update: GNOME 2.8, yes; freeze date waiting for infrastructure

2004-11-30 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 09:59:03PM +, Simon Huggins wrote: > On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 09:21:25PM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote: > > Getting testing-security up and running is blocking on a couple of > > changes to the archive configuration. Security uploads are first > > uploaded to their own arch

Re: Release update: GNOME 2.8, yes; freeze date waiting for infrastructure

2004-11-30 Thread Simon Huggins
On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 09:21:25PM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote: > Getting testing-security up and running is blocking on a couple of > changes to the archive configuration. Security uploads are first > uploaded to their own archive while the security announcement is in > preparation, and later (via

Re: Sarge-Installation-Showstopper: Task "Desktop Environment" fails on arches other than i386 and powerpc due to kdegraphics

2004-11-30 Thread Joerg Friedrich
Hi again, after reading the latest Release Update from Andreas I wonder what will happen with this issue I reported last week? ATM installing installation of a simple Desktopenvironment will fail on all architectures exept for i386 and powerpc. Reason: Sourcepackage: kdegraphics the binary packa

smlnj blocked from testing. circular dependency

2004-11-30 Thread Aaron Read
I believe smlnj is not entering testing because of a circular dependency (smlnj has itself as a build dependency) if I understand this correctly: http://bjorn.haxx.se/debian/testing.pl?package=smlnj There is also a sml-nj package that needs to be removed from testing at the same time. I don't kn

Re: contrib packages with missing dependencies

2004-11-30 Thread Andreas Barth
* Peter Eisentraut ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [041130 16:50]: > Is there anything the release managers are able and willing to do in order to > help some contrib packages with missing dependencies into sarge? There are > several packages that have java dependencies that seemingly cannot be > resolved

contrib packages with missing dependencies

2004-11-30 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Is there anything the release managers are able and willing to do in order to help some contrib packages with missing dependencies into sarge? There are several packages that have java dependencies that seemingly cannot be resolved without some sort of hammer. A sizeable list of possible candi

Re: Dist-Uprade on HPPA64

2004-11-30 Thread Martin Zobel-Helas
Hi Matthew, On Tuesday, 30 Nov 2004, you wrote: > On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 02:19:21PM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote: > > Well, IIRC, it is enough to use _only_ the 32bit kernel, and that would > > make it easier for us, because we don't need an extra package in the > > archive. But yes, your reason is

Re: Dist-Uprade on HPPA64

2004-11-30 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 02:19:21PM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote: > Well, IIRC, it is enough to use _only_ the 32bit kernel, and that would > make it easier for us, because we don't need an extra package in the > archive. But yes, your reason is also strong. Ok, so I tend to go to the > backported mod

Re: Dist-Uprade on HPPA64

2004-11-30 Thread Andreas Barth
* Martin Zobel-Helas ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [041130 14:15]: > On Tuesday, 30 Nov 2004, you wrote: > > What would be the issue with installing an 32bit-kernel for > > dist-upgrades? (If this is a silly idea, please tell me.) > > i did not test it. should i? > > I also don't think it's a good idea to

Re: Dist-Uprade on HPPA64

2004-11-30 Thread Martin Zobel-Helas
Hi Andreas, On Tuesday, 30 Nov 2004, you wrote: > Hi, > > some more questions: > > What would be the issue with installing an 32bit-kernel for > dist-upgrades? (If this is a silly idea, please tell me.) i did not test it. should i? I also don't think it's a good idea to install a 32bit-kernel.

Dist-Uprade on HPPA64

2004-11-30 Thread Andreas Barth
Hi, some more questions: What would be the issue with installing an 32bit-kernel for dist-upgrades? (If this is a silly idea, please tell me.) Also, which version of modutils was used? Thanks for your work, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 4