On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Colin Watson wrote: > On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 02:05:11AM +0300, Martin-�ric Racine wrote: > > Package: locales > > Version: 2.3.1-16 > > Followup-For: Bug #205691 > > > > Actually, locales cannot be installed AT ALL in testing or unstable, > > for HPPA. Kudos to whoever allowed the package to slide from unstable > > to testing, without first ensuring that ALL architectures were in > > sync. Hello, McFly!!! DOH! > > Oddly enough, we aren't idiots: this was deliberate. The release manager > was perfectly aware that hppa was out of sync. However, a huge amount of > other stuff was waiting for glibc in testing, and it really wasn't > practical to wait for hppa any longer. If we get a fixed hppa glibc > 2.3.2 in time, which is being worked on, it'll go into testing.
I still think that skiping a supported architecture, as well as the ground rule about syncing everything before allowing a package to slide down to testing, is a REALLY bad idea, especialy for something so fundamental as glibc. > In the meantime, you can get an appropriate version of locales from, > say, > http://snapshot.debian.net/archive/2003/07/01/debian/pool/main/g/glibc/. Thanks for the tip. :) -- Martin-�ric Racine http://www.pp.fishpool.fi/~q-funk/
