Guillem Jover wrote: > Hi, Hi
> On Tue, 2008-04-08 at 20:16:58 +0200, Luk Claes wrote: >> Raphael Hertzog wrote: >>> On Tue, 08 Apr 2008, Raphael Hertzog wrote: >>>> dpkg >= 1.14.17 generates *.changes files with Format: 1.8. They provide >>>> new Checksums-*: fields which are similar to the Files: field. And debsign >>>> edits in place the Files: field of changes file and leaves the Checksums-* >>>> fields alone. >>> Here's a patch that fixes the issue. I would highly appreciate if you >>> could upload a fixed package today because it's blocking the upload of dpkg >>> to unstable currently. (And we're tight on schedule with dpkg because of >>> the base freeze and there are many features in this version of dpkg that >>> we really want for lenny). >> A freeze date is not a date to target major uploads at... > > I don't see any problem with adding features up to the point of the > freeze, and I think others on the team share the same opinion. It's a problem as the package would still need to migrate while being frozen... >> You might be aware that dpkg is currently already frozen and a release >> update posting is pending... > > I don't think anyone on the team was aware of this until now, neither of > any exact date this would be happening (and I try to keep an eye on the > irc channel and release mailing list). It was announced very early that the toolchain freeze would be early april... >> Note that in particular the triggers support and any RC bug fixes are >> still candidates for migration to testing, though other features might >> not be depending on their impact... > > I can understand that the freeze imposes a feature freeze on those > packages, but not that it restricts to only RC bug fixes at this point > when there's still 5-6 months to the target release date. Please read again... Cheers Luk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
