[Aptitude-devel] Bug#891239: Bug#891161: cwidget: FTBFS with libncursesw6

[Sven Joachim]

On 2018-02-23 20:30 +0100, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo wrote:

> 2018-02-22 22:23 GMT+01:00 Sven Joachim <svenjoac at gmx.de>:
>> Source: cwidget
>> Version: 0.5.17-7
>>
>> With the upcoming libncursesw6 package (which is not available yet, but
>> everything is ready in git and I have asked for an upload to
>> experimental), cwidget FTBFS.  This is the relevant part, I have
>> attached the full build log for reference:
>
> Thanks for the heads up.
>
> What's the timeline to have this in unstable, even as a rough
> estimate?  Within a few weeks, 3 months, ...?

I honestly don't know, this depends on how many problems I find and how
much help I will get.  Then there's the release team and the D-I manager
who need to give me a transition slot.

"Before the Buster freeze" is the only certainty, though hopefully
_long_ before that.

Cheers,
       Sven