On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 06:38:21PM -0300, Philipp Kern wrote: > On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 03:35:45PM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > deliciousapi 1.5.0 was allowed in to Lenny [0]: > > 6 files changed, 551 insertions(+), 340 deletions(-) > > > > Without letting this in to Lenny, deliciousapi would have been usesless > > to users for the entire life of Lenny. > > Actually, to set the facts straight: it isn't yet[*]. I intend to > do another review of the library. Such updates will not be done > lightly, I assure you. > > Kind regards, > Philipp Kern > > [*] No entry in my hint file, no mail that it has been unblocked for real.
Thanks for clarification. I would simply like to state that if deliciousapi is allowed to propogate, then releaseforge ought to be as well. Perhaps even moreso since releaseforge was already previously in a stable release where deliciousapi was not. To me, the fact that releaseforge was already in a stable release makes it more important to provide a supported upgrade path to users by allowing it into Lenny. The discussion that lead to the removal of releaseforge went something like: - releaseforge is broken W.R.T. the new SourceForge site changes - I mentioned that a new upstream release fixes it - An exception was denied - I requested removal from Lenny when I was told that "Pushing an untested package into the frozen lenny is not an option, so removal seems to be the most reasonable course." [0] - This was even after I pointed to the very limite changes in the upstream release and the fact that releaseforge had been part of a stable release already, meaning that its removal would unfairly leave users stranded. Please note, I am not trying to argue that swfdec0.6 ought to be removed from Lenny. I am simply asking for a policy of consistency from the release team. Especially given that several new upstream releases of packages of far greater importance (I mean samba and openssh are probably of critical importance to the majority of Debian users) are being allowed in. Regards, -Roberto [0] http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2008/07/msg00780.html -- Roberto C. Sánchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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