Re: mdadm 2.4.1-1 ready for tests

2006-05-18 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Thu, 18 May 2006, martin f krafft wrote: > Also, what you are saying leads me to believe that you would want me > to document *all* important changes, whether respective Debian bugs > existed or not. NEWS.Debian is clearly a better method for such Many important changes do not modify the intend

Re: mdadm 2.4.1-1 ready for tests

2006-05-18 Thread Frank Küster
martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > also sprach Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.05.17.2210 > -0500]: >> mdadm is a *critical* part of a system that uses linux software >> raid. Anything that helps users understand all the important >> changes an update will imply is

Re: mdadm 2.4.1-1 ready for tests

2006-05-18 Thread martin f krafft
I'll add the explanation; it should take less time than restarting the flame war or dealing with the consequences. Sorry, and thanks to Don Armstrong for a patient and convincing explanation. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL

Re: mdadm 2.4.1-1 ready for tests

2006-05-17 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.05.17.2210 -0500]: > mdadm is a *critical* part of a system that uses linux software > raid. Anything that helps users understand all the important > changes an update will imply is always uselful. Of course, but if there weren't

Re: mdadm 2.4.1-1 ready for tests

2006-05-17 Thread Frank Küster
martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > also sprach Simon Huggins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.05.17.1029 -0500]: >> I know this isn't the sort of feedback you want but these aren't >> all "please ship the new version of mdadm" bugs and whilst they >> might well be fixed by this version I though

Re: mdadm 2.4.1-1 ready for tests

2006-05-17 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 09:55:54PM -0500, martin f krafft wrote: > I just don't think there's a big point in duplicating information in > the Debian changelog. I see debian work as tailoring upstream one so that it best fits our users. Selecting the appropriate information from the upstream change

Re: mdadm 2.4.1-1 ready for tests

2006-05-17 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Wed, 17 May 2006, martin f krafft wrote: > Mh. I don't want to (re)start a flamewar, but my take is that > changelog.Debian documents changes I've made, and the upstream > changelog documents the changes they've made. I acknowledge these > changes by closing the bugs, and if you care how it got

Re: mdadm 2.4.1-1 ready for tests

2006-05-17 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Simon Huggins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.05.17.1029 -0500]: > I know this isn't the sort of feedback you want but these aren't > all "please ship the new version of mdadm" bugs and whilst they > might well be fixed by this version I thought consensus was to try > to describe what it was

Re: mdadm 2.4.1-1 ready for tests

2006-05-17 Thread Simon Huggins
On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 01:11:43AM -0500, martin f krafft wrote: > Here's the changelog: > mdadm (2.4.1-1) experimental; urgency=low >* The "I'll kill that maintainer... uh, wait, it's me" release. Sorry for > the delay, here's the long awaited new upstream release, > which closes:

mdadm 2.4.1-1 ready for tests

2006-05-16 Thread martin f krafft
Hi all, I have finished mdadm 2.4.1-1 and would like some people to look at it before I upload it, since I made some significant changes (no more mdrun, for instance (but it's not yet deprecated until initramfs-tools syncs)). Here's the changelog: mdadm (2.4.1-1) experimental; urgency=low