Hi Stable Release Managers, Please could you comment on the mail below?
Thanks, Aurelien Alex Chiang a écrit : > Hi Aurelien, > > * Aurelien Jarno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Alex Chiang a écrit : >>> I'm hitting: >>> >>> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=408596 >>> >>> On my ia64/etch install. This is causing problems for me when I >>> attempt to use sparse. >>> >>> Is there any chance you could consider this fix for etch? The fix >>> itself looks very benign, and non-intrusive. >> I don't think such a fix is possible for Etch, as this bug does not meet >> the requirements for an update in a stable version. See: >> >> http://release.debian.org/stable/3.1/3.1r8/ > > I don't want to push this too hard, because: > > a) I'm running sparse with -Werror > b) obviously cpp doesn't seem to care > > But I would like to point out that: > > a) sparse is a quite useful tool for developers[1] > b) it will give a *lot* of spurious warnings because of 408596 > c) the fix for 408596 is trivial and obviously correct > > Since etch is 'stable', it's gonna be around for a long time. It > would be nice to backport [EMAIL PROTECTED] fix to support FOSS developers who > have chosen debian/stable as a development environment. > > FWIW, I tripped across this bug even though upstream did not, > because upstream was developing against a Fedora 9 userspace. And > we did end up working around this problem [2]. Well trying to convince me won't help, as I am not the one taking the decision. Asking the stable release manager for their opinion. > Thanks. > > /ac > > 1: http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/devel/sparse/ > 2: http://oss.oracle.com/mercurial/zab/crfs/rev/f8c423608c93 > > -- .''`. Aurelien Jarno | GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73 : :' : Debian developer | Electrical Engineer `. `' [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] `- people.debian.org/~aurel32 | www.aurel32.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
