On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 10:47:51AM -0500, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
> I just noticed a rather complicated interdependency web:
>
> new fbi depends on new libpcd
> new ida depends on new openmotif *and* new libpcd
> new motv depends on new openmotif *and* new xawtv
>
> new libpcd breaks old fbi and old ida
> new openmotif breaks old ida and old motv
> Presumably new xawtv will break old motv
>
> xawtv just built on the last missing architecture (ia64) today.
> (All others are up to date and free of RC bugs.)
>
> fbi is 62 days old.
> ida is 62 days old.
> xawtv is 62 days old.
> libpcd is 142 days old.
> motv is 246 days old.
> openmotif is 374 days old.
>
> I think there needs to be joint hinting to get this cluster in.
> It looks like if all six go in at once, it will work, but I don't see any
> way for any subset to go in.
Independent of this, they are not ready:
xawtv depends on new zlib
zlib has build failures on several architectures
xawtv depends on new alsa-lib
alsa-lib depends on new jack-audio-connection-kit
The way testing works, this obsoletes all your thoughts until these
problems are solved.
cu
Adrian
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