[DRE-maint] Possible problems in your Debian packages

[Lucas Nussbaum]

On 07/08/08 at 17:48 +0000, Michael Schutte wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 05:53:07PM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> > > === Packages with a new upstream version according to DEHS:
> > >   libdb-ruby  0.6.5  (Debian: 0.6.4-1)
> > >   libdb4.2-ruby  0.6.5  (Debian: 0.6.2-3)
> > >   libdb4.3-ruby  0.6.5  (Debian: 0.6.2-2)
> > >   libdb4.4-ruby  0.6.5  (Debian: 0.6.2-1)
> > 
> > If someone want to help with the libdb4.?-ruby -> libdb-ruby transition,
> > and with updating libdb-ruby to 0.6.5, I would really appreciate help.
> > I probably won't have time to do it myself.
> 
> Currently having at hand a lot of spare time, I’d like to get this
> transition done for Lenny.  Some testing reveals that at least gonzui
> and rbot have problems with 0.6.5, so at least these would need an
> upload.
> 
> I see that there is a freeze exception for libdb-ruby, but I cannot find
> the relevant discussion with the release team.  Do we also have some
> sort of pre-approval to get libdb-ruby-related changes into testing?  If
> not, I’d start by getting one before filing bugs.

Hi Michael,

I think that the freeze exception is the standard one for packages
already in unstable. You might want to discuss this with the release
team before starting: my current opinion is that we could just leave
everything as it is now for lenny, and work on that after lenny.
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