Hi all! I was wondering if there's any progress on the effort on getting Virtuoso 7 into Debian proper?
Jessie freezes soon, so it'll have to happen very soon now, if it is to go in. If it has to go through the NEW queue, my guess is that it is already too late. However, we have the word of the person who wrote the NEPOMUK code that relied on Virtuoso 6.1 that Virtuoso 7 should work and does work for him for this original purpose. Moreover, it is in the process of being removed from there. My suggestion is therefore to upload Virtuoso not as a new package, merely a new version, to unstable as fast as possible. There is the 10 day delay before it goes to testing, and if no problems have been noticed during that time, then great, it is likely not to cause any further problems. If it causes RC bugs, it will not make it to testing, and then Jessie will be released with 6.1.6. Alternatively, a more conservative approach is to upload 6.1.8 to unstable, and 7.1 to experimental. If no problems occurs with 6.1.8, it is likely that the assumption that exactly 6.1.6 is required is wrong, then 6.1.8 makes it to testing, and then 7.1 can be uploaded to unstable, and see if it makes the successful transition organically. But there is very little time left now. I must admit that I don't have that strong interest in Virtuoso now, but it is clearly important for the Semantic Web, which I do have a strong interest in,and I think it is important that we have the best tools available in Debian. I therefore hope those who do have a strong interest in Virtuoso can commit some time to it now. Best, Kjetil -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
