Daniel Holbach wrote: > Hello, > > Am Donnerstag, den 28.06.2007, 18:46 +0200 schrieb Marek Slama: > >> Tom Marble wrote: >> >>> The reason an SRU may still make sense here is that currently the >>> version in feisty (0.59): >>> http://packages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?searchon=names&subword=1&version=feisty&release=all&keywords=netbeans&sourceid=mozilla-search >>> >>> Is the one which requires the user to manually download the NetBeans >>> tarball first. This significantly diminishes the end user experience >>> of installation. >>> >> No strong opinion on this so far. >> >> I will sum differences between 5.5-0.59 (currently in Feisty) and >> current 5.5.1-2 in gutsy: >> >> 1. License is updated so that package can be installed directly without >> manual step. It is main >> reason why we want to get this update back to Feisty. >> >> 2. We updated upstream from NetBeans 5.5 to NetBeans 5.5.1. >> >> 3. Minor fix - patch for netbeans.conf to point to Sun JDK. >> >> We would like to get all 3 changes to Feisty. Daniel please let us now >> if we should go through SRU or Backport process. >> > > the thing is that the diff between the versions in the archive (35M vs > 121M) is huge. You can't expect somebody to eyeball all that. > > It's not my decision in the end, but the one of the archive admins. I > see your point that it'd be nicer for end users to get the right thing > in the first place and I'm absolutely not arguing against that. I just > guess that a backport might be the more realistic option. > > If you want to have a chat with archive admins, here's the list of them: > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-archive/+members - also > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Have a nice day, > Daniel > > Ok. I started backporting. I subscribed to https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-backporters and waiting for approval. It is not clear to me if I need to get approval before I file issue to https://launchpad.net/feisty-backports.
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