Merge the requests for VTK 7.0

Adrian Bunk bunk at stusta.de
Fri Sep 16 20:35:26 UTC 2016


On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 09:27:51PM +0200, Anton Gladky wrote:
> Hi Adrian,

Hi Anton,

> thanks for your request, but we will unlikely upload VTK 7 for the
> Debian Stretch: we do not have enough resources and time to
> do it properly before freeze. But we are always open for new
> contributors.

the request is not from me.

I just moved the WNPP bug to the vtk6 package - a new upstream 
version of a package should not have different maintainers than
the old version.

> Best regards
> 
> Anton

cu
Adrian


> 2016-09-14 22:26 GMT+02:00 Adrian Bunk <bunk at stusta.de>:
> > reassign 810254 src:vtk6
> > retitle 810254 New release available
> > severity 826052 wishlist
> > merge 810254 826052
> > thanks
> >
> > New upstream versions of a package are wishlist bugs against the
> > package, not WNPP bugs.
> >
> > And packaging should be done by (or in coordination with) the existing
> > maintainer of the old version.
> >
> > cu
> > Adrian




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