Hi! On Wed, 2018-02-28 at 18:45:49 +0000, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > On Wed, 2018-02-28 at 16:05 +0100, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo wrote: > > 2018-02-18 22:26 Guillem Jover: > > > I'd like to update dpkg in stretch. This includes several fixes for > > > documentation, regressions, misbheavior, minor security issues, and > > > a new arch definition so that DAK can accept packages using it. The > > > fixes have been in sid/buster for a while now. > > > > We depend on this version being accepted and installed in the systems > > where DAK lives to learn about the new architecture. After that, > > several other packages can add support for the architecture, without > > receiving an automatic reject when uploaded. > > > > It would be great if this update could enter in the next stable > > update, so we can make progress on that front.
> We've been discussing this amongst the SRMs and are quite wary of a > dpkg update this close to the p-u freeze. We appreciate that the > changes individually seem self-contained but would like to have an > update of such a key package able to be tested more than is feasible in > the time available. > > (On a related note, in practical terms it's very unlikely that there > would be sufficient time to get the new strings that are introduced > translated.) Is there perhaps anything you are waiting for me to do here? For the strings I realized afterwards I can take the ones from sid. I've not yet checked how many, or if I'd really need a call for translation, but I'd rather do that only after I know which parts you are going to accept. :) But TBH, this being gettext I'm not sure it matters that much, as only those strings might end up not being translated and dpkg does not have 100% coverage for all languages anyway. :) Thanks, Guillem
