On 6 Aug 1999, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >>"Remco" == Remco Blaakmeer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Remco> Then, if this really good scheme is agreed upon, the whole > Remco> transition can be done between the potato release and the > Remco> release after potato. > > In my opinion (looking back that the libc5, libc6 moves, and > looking at the growing number of packages), that is unjustifiable > optimism. I don't think we can indeed move all packages in one > release interval.
The libc5 -> libc6 transition was far more difficult than this one. People had to cope with code incompatibilities, different library dependencies, etc., etc. In this case, the transition is (or should be) very simple for almost all packages. The number of developers is growing at about the same rate as the number of packages, so I don't think the amount of effort needed per developer is higher than in previous transitions. If the transition scheme is agreed upon before potato is released, developers will have a lot of time to do the transition. I think it is rediculous that you can't even ask for each package to be uploaded at least once between two consecutive releases. For all these reasons, I don't think my optimism is as unjustifiable as you think it is. Remco -- rd1936: 12:05am up 59 days, 15:01, 5 users, load average: 1.30, 1.23, 1.19
