Control: tags -1 confirmed On 12/11/16 15:02, Tobias Hansen wrote: > Package: release.debian.org > Severity: normal > User: release.debian....@packages.debian.org > Usertags: transition > > Hi Release Team, > > I noticed yesterday that ppl has two RC bugs and was removed from > testing. I would like to take over the package and fix it, but one of > the RC bugs (#811825) is best fixed by updating to the new upstream > version, which requires a small library transition. Since the > debian-devel-announce@l.d.o mail from November 5 said the transition > freeze is only for "transitions that involve a large number of packages", > I'd thought I'd ask if we can still do this transition. > > I already created a package of ppl 1.2 that fixes both RC bugs. ppl has > two reverse dependencies, which were of course both removed from testing > because of ppl: > > apron > cloog-ppl > > I checked that they both build without changes against the updated ppl > package. > > If it's too late for the transition, we'll have to see if we can fix > #811825 by applying a patch that does not require a transition.
Since this package is not in testing, and because of the small number of rdeps, there isn't a big risk of regressions wrt current testing... so please go ahead. Emilio
