Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal User: release.debian....@packages.debian.org Usertags: unblock Control: severity 682353 important
Please unblock package msva-perl version 0.8.1-2 should migration into wheezy. please note that this was pre-approved by Niels Thykier, see: http://bugs.debian.org/682353#87 debdiff is attached. Thanks for your work on the debian release! Regards, --dkg unblock msva-perl/0.8.1-2 -- System Information: Debian Release: 7.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (200, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.8-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
diff -Nru msva-perl-0.8.1/debian/changelog msva-perl-0.8.1/debian/changelog --- msva-perl-0.8.1/debian/changelog 2013-02-19 15:19:36.000000000 -0500 +++ msva-perl-0.8.1/debian/changelog 2013-04-06 00:01:07.000000000 -0400 @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +msva-perl (0.8.1-2) testing-proposed-updates; urgency=low + + * added NEWS file to discourage people trying to upgrade running + instances of the validation agent. (Addresses: #682353) + + -- Daniel Kahn Gillmor <d...@fifthhorseman.net> Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:01:07 -0400 + msva-perl (0.8.1-1) testing-proposed-updates; urgency=low * incorporated minimized upstream changesets to deal with wheezy. diff -Nru msva-perl-0.8.1/debian/NEWS msva-perl-0.8.1/debian/NEWS --- msva-perl-0.8.1/debian/NEWS 1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500 +++ msva-perl-0.8.1/debian/NEWS 2013-04-06 00:10:04.000000000 -0400 @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +msva-perl (0.8.1-2) testing-proposed-updates; urgency=low + + DO NOT RESTART THE MONKEYSPHERE VALIDATION AGENT WHEN UPGRADING FROM + BEFORE 0.8.1 TO 0.8.1 OR LATER!! + + * Older versions of the MSVA default to prompting the user to restart + the running daemon when they detect that they've been upgraded. + However, due to changes in the dependent libraries, these restarts are + likely to cause the agent to crash, which in turn is likely to + terminate the user's X11 session. + + * Future versions of the MSVA default to not prompt for such a restart + when an upgrade is detected, and if they do crash this should not + terminate the user's X11 session. + + -- Daniel Kahn Gillmor <d...@fifthhorseman.net> Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:00:11 -0400 +
