Hello, Thank you for the report Mr. Simo. I can do a new release if I can find a sponsor. Would you be willing to help?
Thanks Lawrence On Sunday 08 January 2006 22:08, Adeodato Simó wrote: > Package: libsdl1.2 > Version: 1.2.9-0.0 > Severity: serious > > Hello, > > This is a serious bug filed against your package because it > build-depends on xlibs-dev, which as announced in [1] a while ago, is > no longer available in sid. This makes your package fail to build from > source. > > [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/11/msg00022.html > > To fix this bug, you need to update your build-dependencies and > substitute xlibs-dev for the list of individual X development > libraries that your package needs to be built. You can find detailed > information about how to do that in the DependsXlibsDev wiki page [2]. > > [2] http://wiki.debian.org/DependsXlibsDev > > As indicated by the Release Team [3], the full transition from XFree86 > to Xorg is a release blocker for Etch, which means that Etch will not > be released until this bug is fixed (or your package removed from > testing). So, please, try to fix in a timely manner. > > [3] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/10/msg00004.html > > The number of affected packages by the xlibs-dev transition is huge, > so if you feel like helping with patches or uploads, feel free to > follow the instructions contained in the wiki page above. A list of > affected packages can be found here [4]. > > [4] > http://people.debian.org/~adeodato/release-usertag/transition-xlibs-dev > > Finally, if there's a strong reason for which your package should not > be NMUed, please note so in this bug report. Prospective NMUers will > read your reasoning, and will decide if it's strong enough to delay > their upload. > > Thanks for your collaboration!
