On Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 11:15:08PM -0700, Kevin Brown wrote: > Justin Pryzby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You are probably running unstable, and this is probably related to the > > in-progress g++ abi transition: > > > > Changes: > > aspell (0.60.3-2) unstable; urgency=low > > . > > * debian/control: renamed libaspell15 to libaspell15c2 for the > > * GCC 4.0 ABI change transition > > > > If you intend to continue running unstable, you'd better prepare > > yourself for more of this. > > Isn't this sort of thing what experimental is for? > > I'm somewhat unfamiliar with Debian policy, but I'm a bit surprised > that this transition is happening in -unstable instead of > -experimental.
Transitions are impossible in experimental because they'll never get into unstable on their own. > I thought -experimental was where all the > distribution-breaking changes were supposed to occur... No, that's what unstable is for. Experimental is for stuff that isn't release-ready. Packages being rebuilt for the GCC 4.0 transition *are* release-ready--they just temporarily break other stuff the archive. -- Society is never going to make any progress until we all learn to pretend to like each other. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
