On Sun, 8 Aug 2010 02:04:24 +0900 Osamu Aoki wrote:

> 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.

Thanks!  You can upload to the delayed queues to get it going, which
also gives the maintainer time to respond before it actually goes live.

Best wishes,
Mike



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