Bug#484009: Bug#484129: release.debian.org: packages in tasks should be fixed in priority and removed in last resort after discussion

2008-06-05 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2008-06-04 18:36, Pierre Habouzit wrote: No it's not. A user that prefers to have broken software rather than no software (if the option non broken software is absent) should use unstable. I mean it. You can easily use testing by default,

Re: [stable] aboot - support recent kernels, fix build issues

2008-06-05 Thread dann frazier
On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 01:32:33PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: Hi, * dann frazier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [080527 10:56]: etch's aboot doesn't permit booting recent 2.6 kernels. While backporting a fix for this issue, I ran into a couple of other build issues that prevent etch's aboot from

Re: [stable] aboot - support recent kernels, fix build issues

2008-06-05 Thread Bdale Garbee
On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 02:56 -0600, dann frazier wrote: Other than the testing I mentioned above, I've also had successful test reports from Bdale and Tim Cutts (on albeniz.d.o, iirc). For completeness, let me report details. I updated ds10.gag.com running etch and stock kernel package

Bug#484129: release.debian.org: packages in tasks should be fixed in priority and removed in last resort after discussion

2008-06-05 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Andreas Barth [Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:19:07 +0200]: Is there a reasonable way to generate pseudo-packages taskel-$task that depend on all the packages that need to be present to not break anything? I think britney's FauxPackages would just be very appropriate for this? (For those reading

Bug#484129: release.debian.org: packages in tasks should be fixed in priority and removed in last resort after discussion

2008-06-05 Thread Joey Hess
Adeodato Simó wrote: Could there be one? Well, if you're interested in having the same safeguard mechanism in place for these packages. It would be nice to have one, but many different parts of d-i decide what to apt-install, so extracting a list is hard. -- see shy jo signature.asc

Re: [stable] aboot - support recent kernels, fix build issues

2008-06-05 Thread dann frazier
On Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 02:35:22PM -0600, Bdale Garbee wrote: On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 02:56 -0600, dann frazier wrote: Other than the testing I mentioned above, I've also had successful test reports from Bdale and Tim Cutts (on albeniz.d.o, iirc). For completeness, let me report details.

[stable] firmware-nonfree update for etchnhalf

2008-06-05 Thread dann frazier
I'd like to propose the following update for stable. I've tested on an etch laptop w/ built-in intel 3945 wireless and a server w/ a bnx2 nic under both etch and etchnhalf. Index: debian/changelog === --- debian/changelog

glest/glest-data hint

2008-06-05 Thread Paul Wise
Hi RMs, glest and glest-data appear to need a hint to go into testing together. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#484129: release.debian.org: packages in tasks should be fixed in priority and removed in last resort after discussion

2008-06-05 Thread Andreas Barth
* Adeodato Simó ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [080605 22:41]: * Andreas Barth [Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:19:07 +0200]: Is there a reasonable way to generate pseudo-packages taskel-$task that depend on all the packages that need to be present to not break anything? I think britney's FauxPackages would