On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 06:38:31PM +0100, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > > > Frans requested uploads of 2.6.18-3 .udeb packages, and so i did it, > > > > but the > > > > package was rejected. > > > > > > I would be very interested to learn why the upload was rejected. AFAIK, a > > > reason must be given. > > > > The only reason was : > > > > reject as requested by debian-boot > > Someone should be in the position to explain the reasons for this.
Well, it was not Ganneff, or at least he told me so, i don't know more from the ftp-masters. Frans has said that he requested the reject because i am not the d-i powerpc porter. > > > At this point, I suggest you resume building regular d-i snapshots for > > > powerpc incorporating all of the patches of yours that get rejected, so > > > > Not possible, netboot installation media need packages in the archive. Not > > everything is in the d-i snapshots. > > I see. Is the installer smart enough to pull packages from more than one > archive? That would permit you to only place the modified udebs in your > forked archive, and pull the rest from the official archives. Well, no, the d-i is not smart enough to pull packages from more than one location, or we would have been able to solve the non-free firmware issue properly. I guess i could implement that fix in the local version though :) > Absent this, powerpc users can only file 'this is broken' bugs. Should be > done anyway, IMO. Yeah, but if i don't fix them, who will, like : #397973: [powerpci/mac] partman-md appears to not write back the raid flag to partitions. Open since 16 days, and not a single comment on it. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
