On 15 Aug 2007, at 7:38 am, Fabien COUTANT wrote:
Le Wed, 15 Aug 2007 06:52:05 +0100, Tim Cutts a écrit:
Will this new version make its way into Etch ?
Unlikely. Currently Debian does not update packages to new upstream
versions between major releases, so this will go into Lenny.
Very sad... As user and supporter of Debian, I can't understand
that bugs
open before Etch was declared stable aren't corrected in Etch, even
in an
update release. I know it's a general Debian decision, but this
discourages
me to make new bug reports :'-(
Not Debian's (or my) fault this time - the upstream version which
fixes the bug was not released until after Etch. Debian's policy of
not updating upstream versions between releases is, as you say, a bit
annoying, but it has one major advantage, and that is that *new* bugs
don't accidentally get introduced, so the software is kept more
stable. Of course, if you want the best of both worlds, then you can
consider Ubuntu, because it takes Debian's testing track once every
six months or so and builds a new Ubuntu from it. So Ubuntu will
actually get this new version of tkcvs before Debian stable does.
Please don't stop reporting bugs. Even if it takes a while to fix
them, it's still important to know about them!
Having said that, there's probably nothing to stop you installing it
yourself by hand; I think it should work on etch.
Upstream claim this version fixes the timezone issue - I'd be
interested to hear whether you find it has done!
The new package intalls fine in Etch, and the TZ bug appears to be
fixed.
Thanks again for your work.
Brilliant. I'm sorry it took so long...
Tim
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