Bug#592721: unblock: embassy-* and emboss.

2010-08-12 Thread Charles Plessy
Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal User: release.debian@packages.debian.org Usertags: freeze-exception Dear release team, the embassy packages in Squeeze are built against EMBOSS 6.2, which is not available anymore except in the Debian snapshots. They will not work with EMBOSS 6.1 n

Bug#592725: release.debian.org: Non-free Packages hit by non-functional non-free autobuilders

2010-08-12 Thread Andreas Tille
Package: release.debian.org Severity: wishlist Usertags: freeze-exception Hi release team members, I have recently heard (rumors - not done deeper research) that currently non-free packages are not autobuilded. This seems to explain why the package phylip is not builded for powerpc and armel[1].

Re: Bug#592725: release.debian.org: Non-free Packages hit by non-functional non-free autobuilders

2010-08-12 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 09:09:14PM +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > > Assuming that by "latest version" you mean the version currently in > unstable - i.e. 1:3.69-1 - then it already has an exception by virtue of > being in unstable at the time of the freeze. Yes, that's what I mean. > phylip (1

Re: State of the embassy-* packages in Squeeze.

2010-08-12 Thread Pjotr Prins
I am going to ask on the EMBOSS mailing list. Pj. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-med-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100812212121.ga3...@thebird.nl

Re: State of the embassy-* packages in Squeeze.

2010-08-12 Thread Pjotr Prins
I have an interest here, as I am mapping EMBOSS with BioLib - and versioning plays a role. Appears to me that supporting Embassy has less of an interest with the core EMBOSS team. EMBOSS is changing - that is what counts. If anyone cares to keep Embassy it would make sense to package it with an ea

Re: State of the embassy-* packages in Squeeze.

2010-08-12 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 11:17:40PM +0200, Pjotr Prins a écrit : > I have an interest here, as I am mapping EMBOSS with BioLib - and > versioning plays a role. > > Appears to me that supporting Embassy has less of an interest with the > core EMBOSS team. EMBOSS is changing - that is what counts. If

Re: State of the embassy-* packages in Squeeze.

2010-08-12 Thread Pjotr Prins
On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 08:14:11AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > What I am asking in option 3 is to ship EMBOSS 6.3.1 in Squeeze. Would it be > disruptive for your work with BioLib? I am a bit shocked to read that you > consider that option 3 (distributing EMBOSS 6.3.1 in Squeeze) is > ???heroic?