On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 5:51 AM, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > ]] Michael Gilbert > >> mlocate: http://bugs.debian.org/669368 (new upstream could have been >> pushed via nmu before the freeze, but it was prepared too late) >> <many others I'm sure> > > The suggested NMU that does random changes like changing the packaging > to 3.0 (quilt) and adding an uploader? Is that even a serious > suggestion?
Sure, the package as its prepared now, would not be a good candidate, and especially since it was prepared after the freeze. However, if the work had been started far earlier, someone could have helped guide the work in a direction that would have been suitable. > The new upstream release did not include any particularly compelling > changes for wheezy, which is why I did not update to the newer upstream > version. It may not have include changes interesting to you, but there was certainly interest to others in the hurd improvements, and I think we should really try to be accommodating to hurd porters as much as possible. Best wishes, Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CANTw=MO6TO6mqp4VAsc4EaOgfLQXNM5h=zshhjwunwd4ayx...@mail.gmail.com
