This is my second post about this; the first received no answer. In Lenny, all Ada packages must transition to gnat-4.3 (new ABI, new sonames, new upstream releases of everything). Most packages made the transition before the freeze. Unfortunately, due to reasons outside my control, a few packages were still in the NEW queue when the freeze took place. They are now in unstable where they fix all remaining RC bugs, and I hereby request they be unblocked so they can make it into Lenny.
These packages are: gnade - no rdeps; new upstream release from the stable branch, discussed in detail in http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2008/08/msg00509.html. Fixes one RC bug: #471619 gnade: FTBFS: gnatmake: "/build/user/gnade-1.6.1/tmp/make_gnadeodbc.adb" compilation error libgtkada2 - new upstream release, new ABI. Only one rdep (below). Fixes 3 RC bugs: #421140 FTBFS: can't find file `epsf.tex'. #475743 libgtkada: not installable in sid #490418 libgtkada2: FTBFS: gnatmake: "gl_h.ali" incompatible ALI file, please recompile libflorist - no rdeps gnat-gps - new upstream release; only package depending on libgtkada2, and consequently uploaded only after libgtkada2 hit unstable; fixes 3 RC bugs: #445772 gnat-gps: FTBFS: unsat b-deps: libgnatprj-dev: Depends: gnat-4.2 (= 4.2.1-7) but it is not going to be installed #468310 gnat-gps: FTBFS: libgnatprj-dev no longer in unstable #493850 gnat-gps FTBFS due to hardcoded python2.4 use All packages have been in unstable for 13 days or more with no new bugs reported. I request these exceptions because: - leaving lenny with a half-done transition (some packages depending on libgnat-4.1, others depending on libgnat-4.3) would completely break Debian as a consistent Ada development platform; not to mention that the RC bugs mentioned above are still in lenny today; - removing the packages from lenny altogether would be a disservice to users and would greatly reduce the appeal Debian currently has for Ada programmers (Debian is the technology leader in this area). - the reasons for missing the freeze were outside my control as the libraries were in NEW when the freeze took place. - As I read them, the published freeze rules say nothing specific against new upstream releases. I am willing to re-upload these packages to testing-proposed-updates if you think this is necessary. Also I am willing to amend the packages or provide additional details if the information here is insufficient for you to make a decision. Please? -- Ludovic Brenta. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
