Re: getting a new package into next stable revision?

2002-09-22 Thread Josef Oswald
Glyn Millington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Josef Oswald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> >> Well why then did the Xemacs-version I pulled from _stable_ at >> start-up display this message : debian-xemacs-version: Symbols' value >> as variable is void, while one from testing does not? >> Or am

Re: getting a new package into next stable revision?

2002-09-21 Thread Glyn Millington
Josef Oswald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Well why then did the Xemacs-version I pulled from _stable_ at > start-up display this message : debian-xemacs-version: Symbols' value > as variable is void, while one from testing does not? > Or am I the sole person who encountered this strange prob

Re: getting a new package into next stable revision?

2002-09-21 Thread Josef Oswald
"nate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > your best bet is to contact the package maintainer, but it is unlikely > it would get in unless it fixed a serious problem in the current package, > and in that case even those specific fixes may have to be backported. > > debian, traditionally has been very

Re: getting a new package into next stable revision?

2002-09-20 Thread Edward Guldemond
On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 04:04:03PM -0500, DvB wrote: > What are the chances of libfox1.0 getting into the next stable revision > and who would one contact about this? From what I understand, not likely. Either teach them how to use apt pinning, or get them to retrieve the source from testing, an

Re: getting a new package into next stable revision?

2002-09-20 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Friday 20 September 2002 14:10, nate wrote: > debian, traditionally has been very strict with what new packages are > available in the new revisions of stable. > basically unless it fixes a security hole, hard drive corruption, or complete package breakage it will not happen. You need to int

Re: getting a new package into next stable revision?

2002-09-20 Thread nate
DvB said: > What are the chances of libfox1.0 getting into the next stable revision > and who would one contact about this? > > The reason I'm asking is that one of my co-workers has a project on > sourceforge that uses the libfox UI library. Apparently, he's been > getting a lot of complaints fro

getting a new package into next stable revision?

2002-09-20 Thread DvB
What are the chances of libfox1.0 getting into the next stable revision and who would one contact about this? The reason I'm asking is that one of my co-workers has a project on sourceforge that uses the libfox UI library. Apparently, he's been getting a lot of complaints from Debian users about