On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 09:43:16PM +0200, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > Martin Sj|gren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Some time ago, I filed an ITA on the gap package and started working on a > > new package, updating gap to version 4, since the old one was hideously > > out of date. It turns out someone else is working on a new gap package > > for version 4 (gap4) even though there's no ITP on it. > > > > Can I just retitle the gap bug to O again to "get rid of it" and then find > > something else to package? > > Is gap4 somewhat downwards compatible? In that case, it would be > better to remove this old version. Nothing is currently depending on > the "gap" package (that's version 3, right?). > > I.e. retitle the bug to "please remove gap", and reassign to > ftp.debian.org, and file a small explanation of the situation in the > bug itself.
That is probably a good course of action, but I think it would be a bad<tm> idea to do it before the new gap4 packages have hit unstable, which they haven't done yet. So, should I wait, or "re-orphan" it in the meantime? Regards, Martin -- Martin Sjögren [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ : 41245059 Phone: +46 (0)31 405242 Cell: +46 (0)739 169191 GPG key: http://www.mdstud.chalmers.se/~md9ms/gpg.html
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