Kumar -
Fixes for the symlink attacks (#496431) and the info file syntax
problem (#500638) are fine.
However, I do have a problem with this one:
> * Use Christian Perrier's patch for stopping the call to
> emacspeakconfig. (Closes: #502761)
The purpose of the emacspeak package is to make emacs accessible to a
blind user. I think configuration during installation is particularly
important for this package. Without configuration, the user is left
with a broken package. Ordinarily that would not be a serious problem
- he only has to read the emacspeak.info documentation and edit
/etc/emacspeak.conf, or else read the comments in README.Debian and
run emacspeakconfig. However, in this case we may have broken the
tool he would use for those tasks. With 26.0-3, he may be annoyed at
answering configuration questions while packages are being unpacked,
but he finishes with a working program.
The emacspeak-28.0-4 package:
- has all the above mentioned bugs fixed
- is configured using debconf
- has an extra year's worth of upstream development.
I would like to have emacspeak-28.0-4 and emacspeak-ss-1.12-2 unblocked.
Failing that, I'll try to backport the debconf changes to the 26.0
package.
- Jim Van Zandt
> Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:33:28 -0600
> From: Kumar Appaiah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: Christian Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 10:09:15PM -0500, James R. Van Zandt wrote:
> > Yes, I realize that my first package of version 28.0 missed the
> > deadline for Lenny by a few days. The functional difference from
> > version 26.0 is not great. (Dr. Raman just increments the version
> > number every six months.) However, that does make it a year newer
> > than the version currently in testing.
>
> Thanks James. While you are at it, I hope you didn't mind my upload to
> testing to fix a few bugs:
>
> http://packages.qa.debian.org/e/emacspeak/news/20081112T004707Z.html
>
> Do voice your concerns if you have any, but I did check with some
> emacspeak users before actually going ahead with the uploads for the
> RC bug fixes.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Kumar
> --=20
> Kumar Appaiah
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