Re: Backporting dh_python2 stuff

2011-01-29 Thread John Dong
Hi Loïc, Indeed your intuition on not backporting python-defaults/python agrees with mine. In cases like this, my recommendation is to make minimal source changes necessary to linaro-image-tools to make it build against lucid. Such source changes stand a much higher chance of being accepted,

[Bug 480547] Re: memcached pretty darn out of date.

2010-04-29 Thread John Dong
ACK from Backports team for original backport plan: Backport the Karmic version to jaunty-backports, and then backport Lucid's version to Karmic. ** Changed in: jaunty-backports Status: New = Confirmed ** Changed in: jaunty-backports Status: Confirmed = In Progress ** Changed in:

[Bug 551200] Re: Please backport subdownloader 2.0.10-1

2010-04-22 Thread John Dong
ACK from Backports Team. ** Changed in: jaunty-backports Status: Confirmed = In Progress -- Please backport subdownloader 2.0.10-1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/551200 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backporters, which is the registrant for Jaunty

[Bug 440512] Re: Backport easy PPA adding to hardy and jaunty

2010-04-20 Thread John Dong
Switching to a Backports task. Did mvo say what package(s) would need to be backported for this, and if doing the backport of that package is likely to lead to any backwards-compatibility issues? -- Backport easy PPA adding to hardy and jaunty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/440512 You received

[Bug 440512] Re: Backport easy PPA adding to hardy and jaunty

2010-04-19 Thread John Dong
** Also affects: jaunty-backports Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: hardy-backports Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Backport easy PPA adding to hardy and jaunty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/440512 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 440512] Re: Backport easy PPA adding to hardy and jaunty

2010-04-19 Thread John Dong
** Changed in: software-properties Status: Confirmed = Invalid -- Backport easy PPA adding to hardy and jaunty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/440512 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backports Testing Team, which is subscribed to Hardy Backports. --

[Bug 550978] Re: Please backport subdownloader 2.0.10-1

2010-03-29 Thread John Dong
subdownloader | 2.0.10-1 | lucid/universe | source, all ACK from Backports team ** Changed in: karmic-backports Status: New = Confirmed ** Changed in: karmic-backports Status: Confirmed = In Progress -- Please backport subdownloader 2.0.10-1

[Bug 530972] Re: [SRU] usbmount in karmic

2010-03-03 Thread John Dong
ACK from SRU team -- [SRU] usbmount in karmic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/530972 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backporters, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-backports mailing list ubuntu-backports@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or

[Bug 530945] Re: [SRU] keepalived in karmic

2010-03-03 Thread John Dong
ACK from sru team -- [SRU] keepalived in karmic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/530945 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backporters, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-backports mailing list ubuntu-backports@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or

[Bug 530972] Re: Please backport usbmount 0.0.19.1 to karmic from lucid

2010-03-02 Thread John Dong
This should be a SRU, not a backport... https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates -- Please backport usbmount 0.0.19.1 to karmic from lucid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/530972 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backporters, which is a direct subscriber.

[Bug 411849] Re: Please backport security fix for USN-812-1 in subversion 1.5

2010-02-22 Thread John Dong
The patch http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30423782/subversion_1.5.1dfsg1-1ubuntu2.1~hardy1.debdiff posted by Arnd looks reasonable to me, and should be applied to hardy- backports. This will require a core-dev sponsor to upload. The -backports team ACKs the debdiff and apologizes for the

[Bug 411849] Re: Please backport security fix for USN-812-1 in subversion 1.5

2010-02-22 Thread John Dong
Wow, clearly the coffee didn't kick in well this morning I can upload the debdiff. Doing so now! -- Please backport security fix for USN-812-1 in subversion 1.5 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/411849 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backports Testing

[Bug 411849] Re: Please backport security fix for USN-812-1 in subversion 1.5

2010-02-22 Thread John Dong
** Changed in: hardy-backports Status: New = Fix Committed -- Please backport security fix for USN-812-1 in subversion 1.5 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/411849 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backports Testing Team, which is subscribed to Hardy

[Bug 411849] Re: Please backport security fix for USN-812-1 in subversion 1.5

2010-02-22 Thread John Dong
*groan* Looks like I'm not allowed to upload there anymore... Requesting core-dev sponsorship on said patch! ** Changed in: hardy-backports Status: Fix Committed = In Progress -- Please backport security fix for USN-812-1 in subversion 1.5 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/411849 You

[Bug 302987] Re: Please backport bzr 2.0.2 from karmic-updates

2010-02-09 Thread John Dong
Fortunately bzr fails in a reasonable manner (for the most part) when an incompatible plugin exists. But yeah, I'd like to take more of the plugins from karmic-updates. Ideally in future Ubuntu packaging (I didn't check if it's already the case), that the plugin packages have specific enough

[Bug 302987] Re: Please backport bzr 2.0.2 from karmic-updates

2010-02-08 Thread John Dong
I'd be fine with approving the backport as-is due to the launchpad incompatible usecase, but are we also interested in backporting the most popular bzr plugins (i.e bzrtools?) as well? -- Please backport bzr 2.0.2 from karmic-updates https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/302987 You received this bug

[Bug 504512] Re: Please backport lintian 2.3.1ubuntu1

2010-02-08 Thread John Dong
ACK from backports team. ** Changed in: karmic-backports Status: Confirmed = In Progress -- Please backport lintian 2.3.1ubuntu1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/504512 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backporters, which is the registrant for Karmic

[Bug 350902] Re: [ubuntu 8.10] kio_imap4 hangs

2010-01-14 Thread John Dong
ACK from -sru for kdepimlibs_4.3.2-0ubuntu1.1 ; proceed with upload and testing. Thanks! -- [ubuntu 8.10] kio_imap4 hangs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/350902 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backporters, which is the registrant for Karmic Backports. --

[Bug 502071] Re: FH_DATE_PAST_20XX scores on all mails dated 2010 or later

2010-01-02 Thread John Dong
ACK from the SRU team -- FH_DATE_PAST_20XX scores on all mails dated 2010 or later https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/502071 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backports Testing Team, which is subscribed to Hardy Backports. -- ubuntu-backports mailing list

[Bug 487429] Re: please backport bzr 2.0.0 from karmic

2009-11-24 Thread John Dong
Oooh. Martin, we definitely want to take the opportunity to backport bzr 2.0.2 after-SRU and its entire stack to Jaunty. If the SRU seems to hit a snag or otherwise take too long, poke this bug report again and we'll take the 2.0.0 route (since as I understand it 2.0.2 can drop-in replace 2.0.0

[Bug 487484] Re: [Backport Package] xz-utils

2009-11-24 Thread John Dong
Can you elaborate on the rationale for this backport? -- [Backport Package] xz-utils https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/487484 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backporters, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-backports mailing list

[Bug 483060] Re: Backport Decibel Audio Player 1.01

2009-11-24 Thread John Dong
Thanks for the info. Testers, what are your opinions about the severity of this bug as far as user experience is concerned. Continue with backport or wait for 1.02? (Either way is fine with me) -- Backport Decibel Audio Player 1.01 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/483060 You received this bug

[Bug 396384] Re: Please backport cython 0.11.2-1 from karmic to hardy, intrepid, jaunty

2009-11-24 Thread John Dong
I love it when things come pre-tested! ACK from MOT^H^H^H^^H wrong one, need more sleep. ACK from Backporters for all 3 distros. ** Changed in: jaunty-backports Status: New = In Progress ** Changed in: intrepid-backports Status: New = In Progress ** Changed in: hardy-backports

[Bug 485168] Re: Please backport Hedgewars 0.9.12 to Karmic

2009-11-19 Thread John Dong
ACK from backporters. ** Changed in: karmic-backports Status: New = In Progress -- Please backport Hedgewars 0.9.12 to Karmic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/485168 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backporters, which is the registrant for Karmic

[Bug 483060] Re: Backport Decibel Audio Player 1.01

2009-11-17 Thread John Dong
Interesting bug. Probably upstream bug? -- Backport Decibel Audio Player 1.01 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/483060 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backporters, which is the registrant for Karmic Backports. -- ubuntu-backports mailing list

[Bug 482470] Re: Please backport ScrapBook

2009-11-17 Thread John Dong
ACK from backporters. ** Changed in: karmic-backports Status: Confirmed = In Progress -- Please backport ScrapBook https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/482470 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backporters, which is the registrant for Karmic Backports. --

[Bug 480547] Re: memcached pretty darn out of date.

2009-11-11 Thread John Dong
Let's handle the two together: Doing a quick build test: Karmic's version backports cleanly to Jaunty and appears to work in my initial testing. Lucid's version backports cleanly to Karmic. Lucid's version does not backport to Jaunty because of pbuilder- satisfydepends-dummy: Depends: quilt

[Bug 480545] Re: memcached hopelessly out of date

2009-11-11 Thread John Dong
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 480547 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/480547 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 480547 memcached pretty darn out of date. -- memcached hopelessly out of date https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/480545 You received this bug notification

[Bug 480547] Re: memcached pretty darn out of date.

2009-11-11 Thread John Dong
Right; the Debian maintainer added a quilt dependency. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Prevu The Prevu tool is my perferred tool for quickly testing backports. After doing prevu-init's for Karmic and Jaunty, run prevu memcached/lucid to backport Lucid's version to the currently running distribution, or

[Bug 216761] Re: [hardy-backports] errors in xendomains init script

2009-11-10 Thread John Dong
** Changed in: hardy-backports Status: New = Confirmed -- [hardy-backports] errors in xendomains init script https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/216761 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backports Testing Team, which is subscribed to Hardy Backports. --

[Bug 216761] Re: [hardy-backports] errors in xendomains init script

2009-11-02 Thread John Dong
Talked to ebroder in person and saw verification that intrepid-updates's version backports cleanly and works on Hardy. ACK from ~ubuntu-backporters for backporting xen-3.3 | 3.3.0-1ubuntu7.1 | intrepid-updates | source to hardy-backports. -- [hardy-backports] errors in xendomains init script

[Bug 330968] Re: Please backport xmail-1.25

2009-10-16 Thread John Dong
Would someone like to confirm the Intrepid version that's confirmed to build above runs in Hardy correctly? Apart from that, this backport looks suitable. -- Please backport xmail-1.25 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/330968 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 451804] [NEW] Backport prevu

2009-10-14 Thread John Dong
Public bug reported: Prevu should be backported from karmic all the way down to jaunty, intrepid, and hardy. Most importantly this addresses the breakage of the default operation mode (fetch from Launchpad) due to the Launchpad UI change. I've tested this backport on all 3 releases, so I'm

[Bug 430913] Re: Please backport nginx 0.6.35 to Hardy, Intrepid from Jaunty Security

2009-10-13 Thread John Dong
Hi Jonathan, It is my oversight; The Confirmed state indicates that the backport has been verified by someone in the community to be appropriate. In Progress or Fix Committed should be set by a backports team member to indicate official blessing or sponsored upload for source-change backports,

[Bug 283137] Re: Please backport OpenOffice.org 3 to Hardy

2009-10-05 Thread John Dong
Thanks, Mark, for chiming in. Indeed LTS does not imply that every major piece of newly released software will be backported, nor is the Backports team interested in trying to do so if it means sacrificing the stability or supportability of the OS... To move this forward, in my mind: (1) We

[Bug 283137] Re: Please backport OpenOffice.org 3 to Hardy

2009-10-05 Thread John Dong
Mozilla Team dailies are in a PPA because they are experimental in nature; OpenOffice 3.1 has no reason to be unless the process of backporting it requires some insane procedure that makes them unsuitable for Backports' quality standards. The red tape to get it into Backports is solely

[Bug 283137] Re: Please backport OpenOffice.org 3 to Hardy

2009-10-05 Thread John Dong
Yes, the version of OpenOffice shipped with Hardy LTS does have 3 year guaranteed security updates. I was saying that if a backport is done of a newer OpenOffice version, we need to make sure someone is willing to provide the same guarantee. -- Please backport OpenOffice.org 3 to Hardy

[Bug 308068] Re: gstm

2009-04-26 Thread John Dong
This will be handled as a StableReleaseUpdate in the original bug. ** Changed in: intrepid-backports Status: Confirmed = Won't Fix -- gstm https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/308068 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backporters, which is the registrant for

[Bug 348865] Re: [hardy] libgsasl7-dev missing dependencies on libntlm0-dev, libkrb5-dev

2009-03-29 Thread John Dong
(already fixed in Jaunty) ** Changed in: gsasl (Ubuntu) Status: New = Fix Released -- [hardy] libgsasl7-dev missing dependencies on libntlm0-dev, libkrb5-dev https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/348865 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backports Testing

[Bug 335692] Re: Please backport filezilla 3.2.2.1-1

2009-03-17 Thread John Dong
Looks good to me. ACK from backporters ** Changed in: intrepid-backports Status: New = In Progress -- Please backport filezilla 3.2.2.1-1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/335692 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backporters, which is the registrant for

[Bug 313598] Re: Please backport msmtp 1.4.16-1 from Jaunty to Hardy/Intrepid

2009-03-11 Thread John Dong
ACK from backporters for msmtp 1.14.16-1; Hardy and Intrepid ** Changed in: hardy-backports Status: Confirmed = In Progress ** Changed in: intrepid-backports Status: Confirmed = In Progress -- Please backport msmtp 1.4.16-1 from Jaunty to Hardy/Intrepid

[Bug 323546] Re: xen-meta only depends on Xen 3.2 packages

2009-02-12 Thread John Dong
ACK'ed and uploaded last debdiff. For the record, the IRC discussion was that (1) Alternate dependencies on 3.2/3.3 are just more confusing for the user and doesn't really offer anything additional -- you can't mix 3.2 and 3.3 and expect things to work, though these dependencies would allow it.

Re: Security Policy of backported software

2008-12-19 Thread John Dong
Strictly speaking, backports officially does not guarantee any period or type of support, which is why they are worded as unofficial updates in software sources manager. in reality, the backporters do address security issues in the backports repo on a best-effort basis and take care not to

Re: make a backport package using pbuilder

2008-12-17 Thread John Dong
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Schoap D schoapp...@gmail.com wrote: fakeroot debian/rules clean debian/rules:3: /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/debhelper.mk: No such file or directory debian/rules:4: /usr/share/cdbs/1/class/autotools.mk: No such file or directory debian/rules:5:

Re: make a backport package using pbuilder

2008-12-17 Thread John Dong
Backport building is even easier. For the most part, no source changes are required. All you have to do is use dch -i to create a new changelog entry(*) acknowledging that it's a backport, then run pbuilder on this new source package. The exception is when the Jaunty version requires a new build

Re: make a backport package using pbuilder

2008-12-17 Thread John Dong
Where are you trying to upload it to? On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 7:56 PM, Schoap D schoapp...@gmail.com wrote: 2008/12/17 Schoap D schoapp...@gmail.com 2008/12/17 John Dong john.d...@gmail.com On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Schoap D schoapp...@gmail.com wrote: fakeroot debian/rules

Re: make a backport package using pbuilder

2008-12-17 Thread John Dong
name I can t build it right now... About uploading... what is the next step after the request and the build of the package? Thanks, \s 2008/12/17 John Dong john.d...@gmail.com Where are you trying to upload it to? On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 7:56 PM, Schoap D schoapp...@gmail.com

Re: make a backport package using pbuilder

2008-12-17 Thread John Dong
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Schoap D schoapp...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, thanks. Is it just like a update process? apt-get source pakket wget newer version.tar.gz mv hello-2.3.tar.gz hello_2.3.orig.tar.gz tar xfz hello_2.3.orig.tar.gz cd hello_2.3/ zcat ../hello_2.2-2.diff.gz | patch

[Bug 307239] Re: Please backport vlc to 0.9.8a in Intrepid

2008-12-11 Thread John Dong
Right now we are considering doing this in intrepid-security directly; if that does not work out we will continue in the Backports route. -- Please backport vlc to 0.9.8a in Intrepid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307239 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 305344] Re: Banshee in Intrepid repositories needs update to 1.4.1

2008-12-10 Thread John Dong
I have been told more or less by banshee-team and mono team that this backport is more or less undoable without breaking API compatibility and massive repackaging work. I'd recommend getting Banshee from the banshee-team PPA. -- Banshee in Intrepid repositories needs update to 1.4.1

[Bug 284508] Re: firefox 3.0.3 backport

2008-12-09 Thread John Dong
This is due to the erroneous Breaks: relationship on yelp... I will fix this with the 3.0.4 backport. -- firefox 3.0.3 backport https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/284508 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backports Testing Team, which is subscribed to Gutsy

[Bug 300034] Re: backport 1.9.0.3 breaks yelp 2.22.1

2008-12-07 Thread John Dong
The Breaks: is superfluous; this will be resolved when I upload 3.0.4 in the coming day or two or three or four. -- backport 1.9.0.3 breaks yelp 2.22.1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/300034 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backports Testing Team, which is

[Bug 250705] Re: Please backport ntfs-3g

2008-12-01 Thread John Dong
ACK on 1:1.2506-1ubuntu2 (*INTREPID* version): This version I've been locally using for a long time with no problems; the Jaunty version I'm less confident about after the fresh merge. Let's wait until the new upstream version gets into Jaunty then look at Intrepid/Hardy backports of that

[Bug 299156] [NEW] Firefox 3.0.4 backport

2008-11-17 Thread John Dong
Public bug reported: Firefox 3.0.4 is out in hardy-security. We need to backport this to Gutsy. ** Affects: gutsy-backports Importance: Medium Assignee: John Dong (jdong) Status: Confirmed -- Firefox 3.0.4 backport https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/299156 You received this bug

[Bug 299156] Re: Firefox 3.0.4 backport

2008-11-17 Thread John Dong
I'm going to take care of this. Expect PPA packages soon. ** Changed in: gutsy-backports Importance: Undecided = Medium Assignee: (unassigned) = John Dong (jdong) Status: New = Confirmed -- Firefox 3.0.4 backport https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/299156 You received this bug

[Bug 250705] Re: Please backport ntfs-3g

2008-11-13 Thread John Dong
Builds in prevu with no source changes. Attempted a quick NTFS mount and nothing seemed to go wrong. AFAICT the mount options didn't change so rdepends like the mounting subsystem and such are not affected. This looks good for backporting. I'l let it sit here for a bit in case any of the other

[Bug 284508] Re: firefox 3.0.3 backport

2008-11-08 Thread John Dong
Approved already. ** Changed in: gutsy-backports Assignee: Ubuntu Package Archive Administrators (ubuntu-archive) = (unassigned) Status: Fix Committed = Fix Released -- firefox 3.0.3 backport https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/284508 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 293871] Re: Please backport evince 2.24.1 from Intrepid to Hardy

2008-11-07 Thread John Dong
The evince 2.24.x release also provides some new format support, multimedia hotkeys, and other goodness. If the backport works it actually would be quite nice to have it. -- Please backport evince 2.24.1 from Intrepid to Hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/293871 You received this bug

[Bug 227464] Re: Please roll out security fixes from PHP 5.2.6

2008-11-06 Thread John Dong
The security fixes in the mentioned PHP releases have been in the -security repositories for all supported distributions, over 3 months ago. A backport task is not necessary or appropriate for this case and the task has been marked invalid. -- Please roll out security fixes from PHP 5.2.6

[Bug 240136] Re: Please backport libmicrohttpd4 (0.3.1)

2008-11-06 Thread John Dong
The debdiff looks decent, please continue :) -- Please backport libmicrohttpd4 (0.3.1) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/240136 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backports Testing Team, which is subscribed to Hardy Backports. -- ubuntu-backports mailing list

[Bug 241560] Re: Please backport bugzilla 3.0 from Intrepid to Hardy

2008-11-06 Thread John Dong
Debdiff looks good! -- Please backport bugzilla 3.0 from Intrepid to Hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/241560 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backports Testing Team, which is subscribed to Hardy Backports. -- ubuntu-backports mailing list

[Bug 267391] Re: Please Backport aMSN

2008-11-06 Thread John Dong
Debdiff looks good, though IMO the first changelog entry should be Backport from {Origin distribution} to {target distribution}. Remember that users will be reading these through Update Manager which doesn't intuitively show the version numbers to indicate what's going on. -- Please Backport

[Bug 284508] Re: firefox 3.0.3 backport

2008-11-04 Thread John Dong
Yes, it is a security issue and why I wnated to revisit gutsy-backports particularly for this source-change backport. Serge, I can't reproduce your error: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/# apt-cache policy xulrunner-1.9 xulrunner-1.9: Installed: (none) Candidate:

[Bug 284508] Re: firefox 3.0.3 backport

2008-11-04 Thread John Dong
xulrunner-1.9 and firefox-3.0 uploaded to gutsy-backports, awaiting archive admin approval. ** Changed in: gutsy-backports Assignee: John Dong (jdong) = Ubuntu Package Archive Administrators (ubuntu-archive) Status: Confirmed = Fix Committed -- firefox 3.0.3 backport https

[Bug 289958] Re: Please backport gufw from Intrepid to Hardy

2008-10-28 Thread John Dong
ACK from backporters ** Changed in: hardy-backports Status: New = In Progress -- Please backport gufw from Intrepid to Hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289958 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backports Testing Team, which is subscribed to Hardy

[Bug 289958] Re: Please backport gufw from Intrepid to Hardy

2008-10-27 Thread John Dong
This would be neat to have -- do you know if gufw is 100% compatible with Hardy's version of ufw? Has the command set changed between Hardy and Intrepid? -- Please backport gufw from Intrepid to Hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289958 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 283137] Re: Please backport OpenOffice.org 3 to Hardy

2008-10-18 Thread John Dong
I spoke with Chris today in detail about this, and he doesn't sound terribly confident yet that openoffice.org 3's final release is not going to have some major bugs discovered in the near future. Since he is most familiar with their release cycle and previous track record, I am going to go with

[Bug 284508] [NEW] firefox 3.0.3 backport

2008-10-16 Thread John Dong
Importance: Medium Assignee: John Dong (jdong) Status: New ** Changed in: gutsy-backports Importance: Undecided = Medium Assignee: (unassigned) = John Dong (jdong) -- firefox 3.0.3 backport https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/284508 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 212468] Re: Backport Firefox 3.0 beta 5 from Hardy

2008-10-16 Thread John Dong
Please follow new bug at https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/gutsy- backports/+bug/284508 for Firefox 3.0.3 final. ** Changed in: gutsy-backports Status: Incomplete = Won't Fix -- Backport Firefox 3.0 beta 5 from Hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/212468 You received this bug notification

[Bug 284508] Re: firefox 3.0.3 backport

2008-10-16 Thread John Dong
The backport has been uploaded to the Backports PPA: https://edge.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-backporters/+archive It has not built yet but locally I've tested this on a Gutsy system with no detectable regressions ** Changed in: gutsy-backports Status: New = Confirmed -- firefox 3.0.3

[Bug 284692] Re: Please backport OpenOffice.org 3.0 to Hardy

2008-10-16 Thread John Dong
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 283137 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/283137 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 283137 Please backport OpenOffice.org 3 to Hardy -- Please backport OpenOffice.org 3.0 to Hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/284692 You received this bug

[Bug 284688] Re: Please Backport MySQL 5.0.67 from intrepid to hardy

2008-10-16 Thread John Dong
I personally do not feel comfortable backporting commonly-used server packages that have a long track history of needing security update maintenance because inevitably people lose interest and we cannot guarantee the same 18 months or 5 years of security updates that the Security Team can. Are

[Bug 279115] Re: please backport gimp 2.6.0 from intrepid

2008-10-07 Thread John Dong
pbuilder-satisfydepends-dummy: Depends: libwebkit-dev which is a virtual package. Depends: libgegl-0.0-dev which is a virtual package. Depends: libbabl-0.0-0-dev which is a virtual package. Looks like we'll need to do some

[Bug 274399] Re: Add vlc in hardy backports ?

2008-09-25 Thread John Dong
If you are referring to the 0.8.6.* security fix series, this is already in progress for ubuntu-security. If you are referring to the 0.9.x releases, I am not sure if this will be possible. I was a part of the team that packaged this release for Intrepid and I'm almost confident it relies on

[Bug 268602] Re: backport bazaar

2008-09-13 Thread John Dong
Yeah, this would be a nice backport but first we need to look at all of the dependencies (bzr plugins) to see if they're all compatible. -- backport bazaar https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/268602 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backports Testing Team, which

[Bug 267494] Re: Please backport ktorrent to 2.2.7

2008-09-13 Thread John Dong
The KTorrent 2.2.x branch is gone from Ubuntu and superseded by the 3.x.x branch; I'm not sure how to handle this situation for Backports. -- Please backport ktorrent to 2.2.7 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/267494 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backports

[Bug 257211] Re: please backport rsync 3 from Intrepid to Hardy

2008-09-13 Thread John Dong
Debdiff looks good, only I'd suggest a comment for why the status stanza was commented out (i.e. LSB too old in Hardy) in the init script for confused sysadmins. -- please backport rsync 3 from Intrepid to Hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/257211 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 262460] Re: Please backport dkms 2.0.20.4

2008-08-31 Thread John Dong
I'll trust superm1's discretion on this. ACK from backporters. ** Changed in: hardy-backports Status: Triaged = In Progress -- Please backport dkms 2.0.20.4 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/262460 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backports Testing

[Bug 262834] Re: Please backport wesnoth 1:1.4.4-2 from Intrepid

2008-08-31 Thread John Dong
Is there a corresponding -data package that needs to be backported, or is wesnoth the only one? -- Please backport wesnoth 1:1.4.4-2 from Intrepid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/262834 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backports Testing Team, which is

[Bug 262469] Re: Please backport etl from intrepid

2008-08-31 Thread John Dong
ACK from backporters, to be backported with synfig and synfigstudio ** Changed in: hardy-backports Status: Triaged = In Progress -- Please backport etl from intrepid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/262469 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backports

[Bug 261684] Re: Please backport msn-pecan 0.0.14-3 from intrepid.

2008-08-31 Thread John Dong
ACK from backporters: msn-pecan | 0.0.14-3 | intrepid/universe | source, amd64, i386 ** Changed in: hardy-backports Status: Triaged = In Progress -- Please backport msn-pecan 0.0.14-3 from intrepid. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/261684 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 260642] Re: please backport freevo

2008-08-31 Thread John Dong
ACK from backporters: freevo |1.8.1-0 | intrepid/universe | source, all ** Changed in: hardy-backports Status: Triaged = In Progress -- please backport freevo https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/260642 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backports

[Bug 221401] Re: please backport rdiff-backup so Gutsy can backup and restore to and from Hardy

2008-04-27 Thread John Dong
ACK from backporters ** Changed in: gutsy-backports Status: Confirmed = In Progress -- please backport rdiff-backup so Gutsy can backup and restore to and from Hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/221401 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backports

[Bug 191796] Re: Please backport firefox-3.0 3.0~b4 final

2008-04-27 Thread John Dong
** Changed in: gutsy-backports Status: Fix Committed = Fix Released -- Please backport firefox-3.0 3.0~b4 final https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191796 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backports Testing Team, which is subscribed to Gutsy Backports. --

[Bug 195896] Re: Please backpart Wine 0.9.58

2008-04-09 Thread John Dong
** Attachment added: debdiff of 0.9.59 for gutsy-backports http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13309179/debdiff -- Please backpart Wine 0.9.58 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/195896 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backports Testing Team, which is subscribed to

[Bug 195896] Re: Please backpart Wine 0.9.58

2008-04-09 Thread John Dong
FTBFS, will handle as sourceful backport to Gutsy of 0.9.59 ** Changed in: gutsy-backports Status: Fix Released = Confirmed -- Please backpart Wine 0.9.58 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/195896 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backports Testing Team,

[Bug 212468] Re: Backport Firefox 3.0 beta 5 from Hardy

2008-04-08 Thread John Dong
You wouldn't be the first one to complain about that I'm hearing lots of bad stories about 64-bit and Flash interactions Personally on gutsy32 it seems to work fine for me but I see nothing substantial over beta4 in this release. I'm glad we did the b4 backport first. -- Backport Firefox

[Bug 208836] Re: Feature Freeze Exception request for Transmission 1.10

2008-04-07 Thread John Dong
Sorry for the bug spam, momentary lack of judgement. ** Also affects: hardy-backports Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: hardy-backports Status: New = Invalid ** Summary changed: - Feature Freeze Exception request for Transmission 1.10 + Backport bugfixes from

[Bug 208836] Re: Backport bugfixes from Transmission 1.1x for Hardy

2008-04-07 Thread John Dong
Everyone: Note the updated description of the task. Since ClamAV needs a similarly intrusive update, the Backports team has decided to open up Hardy Backports earlier this release cycle, so we will handle the new 1.1x branch in Backports on a timely manner. At the same time, we will go forward

[Bug 213682] [NEW] Pre-backport Transmission 1.11 to Hardy

2008-04-07 Thread John Dong
Public bug reported: Transmission 1.11 is out and contains many new feature enhancements, but is too risky to include directly in Hardy this late in the release cycle. Therefore we will handle it as a pre-backport to gutsy and forwards- port it to Intrepid as soon as it opens for uploads. **

[Bug 208836] Re: Backport bugfixes from Transmission 1.1x for Hardy

2008-04-07 Thread John Dong
I added a patch system while we await the splitting out of patches. ** Attachment added: Debdiff up to transmission 1.06-0ubuntu5 (add dpatch) http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13197466/transmission.debdiff -- Backport bugfixes from Transmission 1.1x for Hardy

[Bug 212692] [NEW] Backport bzr 1.3.1 stack from Hardy

2008-04-06 Thread John Dong
Public bug reported: Let's freshen up our aging bzr in Gutsy: bzr_1.3.1~rc1-0ubuntu1 bzr-builddeb_0.93ubuntu1 bzr-svn_0.4.9-1 bzrtools_1.3.0-2ubuntu1 Please backport the above source packages from Hardy. (bzr-gtk still compatible) ** Affects: gutsy-backports Importance: Undecided

[Bug 195896] Re: Please backpart Wine 0.9.58

2008-04-06 Thread John Dong
** Changed in: gutsy-backports Status: Confirmed = In Progress -- Please backpart Wine 0.9.58 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/195896 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backports Testing Team, which is subscribed to Gutsy Backports. -- ubuntu-backports

[Bug 212696] Re: firefox 3, file:// and hidden files misbehavior

2008-04-06 Thread John Dong
I tried to report this but I could not reproduce these symptoms The show hidden objects filter works perfectly on my home directory with firefox 3.0b5 and b4 -- firefox 3, file:// and hidden files misbehavior https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/212696 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 212694] Re: firefox 3.0-b5-ppa segmentation fault

2008-04-06 Thread John Dong
This would appear like a bug in your custom theme's gtkrc. Most likely Firefox simply didn't trip it before but now that GTK integration has been further improved Firefox attempts to use that portion of your theme. ** Changed in: gutsy-backports Status: New = Incomplete -- firefox

[Bug 208091] Re: firefox will not open local files from remote files

2008-04-06 Thread John Dong
I can reproduce this on Hardy, let's move this bug report into Hardy. (I'm also unsure if this is a bug or just a security feature with a poor UI ** Changed in: gutsy-backports Status: New = Incomplete ** Changed in: gutsy-backports Status: Incomplete = Invalid ** Also affects:

[Bug 205036] Re: please backport psi ( http://psi-im.org )

2008-04-06 Thread John Dong
psi | 0.11-3 | hardy/universe | source, amd64, i386, powerpc This version is in Hardy. Is it ok to backport too? ** Changed in: gutsy-backports Status: New = Incomplete -- please backport psi ( http://psi-im.org ) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/205036 You received this bug

[Bug 206570] Re: virt-manager is not installable

2008-04-06 Thread John Dong
Looks like we need these backports: python-virtinst | 0.300.2-0ubuntu3 | hardy/universe | all (src pkg: virtinst) python-gtk-vnc | 0.3.4-0ubuntu1 | hardy/universe | amd64, i386, powerpc They are both new Hardy packages so they should be trivial backports -- virt-manager is not installable

[Bug 207031] Re: Please backport Inkscape 0.46 from hardy to gutsy

2008-04-06 Thread John Dong
ACK from backporters: inkscape | 0.46-0ubuntu1 | hardy | source, amd64, i386, powerpc ** Changed in: gutsy-backports Status: New = In Progress -- Please backport Inkscape 0.46 from hardy to gutsy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/207031 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 191796] Re: Please backport firefox-3.0 3.0~b4 final

2008-04-05 Thread John Dong
Scott, the debdiffs in comment #25 (not the attached ones) apply against the respective Hardy versions they are derived from. As of 3 hours ago we've gotten new Firefox packages in Hardy, which I am *NOT* interested in backporting right now due to widespread reports on the internet(s) of CPU usage

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