On 08/18/2010 09:21 PM, Reinhard Tartler wrote: >> Thanks for the patches, I was tracking the activity on launchpad and >> planning to apply the patches, but then testing freeze cought me at >> surprise :) > > Well, the release team expressed their intend to freeze "soon" since > quite some time. But it seems that you weren't the only developer that > doubted them...
I was expecting an announcement before the freeze, but I can see their point in doing the way they did. >> I am not sure I am following you: how are these two patches affecting >> the binNMUability in squeeze? > > Probably not anymore in squeeze proper (at time of writing, I still > hoped to squeeze FFmpeg 0.6 in), but in case we'll do an ffmpeg 0.6 > add-on repository for squeeze (think backports.org), it would be > necessary to have a package of qutecom that actually builds. I see. In the scenario you are prospecting, it will probably make sense to backport qutecom too. Thanks for the clarification. I think we are not in the term for requesting a freeze exception. I will test the latest qutecom snapshot and upload it to experimental. Thanks, Ludo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org