Hi maintainer of poppler,

This is intent to NMU mail.

On Sat, Aug 07, 2010 at 11:42:02AM -0400, Michael Gilbert wrote:
> On Sun, 8 Aug 2010 00:08:50 +0900 Osamu Aoki wrote:
> I don't think we should risk waiting on the maintainer since if it
> takes too much longer xpdf will not get in squeeze.

Let's wait for a day or so at least ... (I hope this freeze is not as
long as old ones but usually, we have time.)
 
> > Also why do half-job when we see:
> > 
> > I retitled following bug and set to normal.
> > Debian Bug report logs - #558021
> > poppler-utils: should use versioned Conflicts: with xpdf-reader
> > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=558021
> 
> This isn't release critical, so it shouldn't be touched by an NMU.  It
> can of course be fixed by the maintainer, but I really don't think we
> should touch it.

True.

...
 
My patch is meant for maintainer to use for their bug fix upload.

> I think this would also solve the problem, but again if we're trying to
> follow good policy/procedure and make minimal (low risk) changes in
> NMU's, then I say we should stick with my one-line patch.  I think the
> policy says Breaks are recommended; that doesn't mean Conflicts are
> not allowed.

Point taken.

If we do not hear from poppler maintainers, I will make NMU with your patch.

Osamu




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