On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 11:47:09AM +0100, Romain Francoise wrote: > Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > If the bongo package in etch only supports emacs-snapshot, then > > its dependencies are RC-buggy because emacs-snapshot is not going > > to be released and so the bongo package will be installable in > > etch but not usable. > Theoretically, yes... but it turns out that many testing users have > emacs-snapshot because they install it from unstable. And since I > also provide emacs-snapshot for stable releases (for sarge now, for > etch later), the package will be usable for *some* users. But the dependencies are still *wrong* because the package accepts an alternative on | emacsen when it shouldn't, and the package is still not appropriate for a stable release because it depends on software not included in etch. > On the other hand, Bongo is a rapidly moving target at the moment > and the package will soon be obsolete so I won't mind too much if > you think it should be removed from testing. Yes, I do; tagging it for removal now. If you're supporting backports of emacs-snapshot, presumably you can provide backports of bongo as well if you think it's important. > The other alternative would be to allow the current sid version to > enter testing since it supports emacs21. I haven't tried asking for > a freeze exception since it's a completely new upstream release with > lots of changes... Well, you could ask, though this exact bug implies that the support for emacs21 isn't very good after all. Thanks, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
