On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 10:44:39PM -0600, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > On 16 February 2007 at 17:55, Steve Langasek wrote: > | On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 09:17:55PM -0600, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > | > Release team:
> | > I just uploaded rggobi into testing-proposed-updates > | > with the changelog entry below. This should hopefully make > | > it into etch. > | The package uploaded to t-p-u still includes a change to the debhelper > | compat level, which isn't appropriate during a freeze. Of course, given > Can you explain? If I had the diff.gz here I'd try interdiff -- but I > _literally_ didn't do anything other than (from memory) > i) setting needed variables in debian/rules (so that cdbs can work) > ii) removing a superfluous Depends: This is present in the debdiff: diff -Nru /tmp/cmWaq0sk4n/rggobi-2.1.4-2/debian/compat /tmp/jsOBhqjdsu/rggobi-2.1.4-4/debian/compat --- /tmp/cmWaq0sk4n/rggobi-2.1.4-2/debian/compat 1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000 +5 The default when no compat level is specified is 1, not 5. So this one line can have a very significant impact on the package, and it can be very difficult to trace all the effects -- hence, not something the release team likes to have changed during a freeze. Thanks, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
