On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 02:49:26PM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote: > En réponse à Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 01:21:17PM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm seen on debianplanet.org that glibc is unlikely to unter > > > testing because of the RPC code being non-free. > > > > Just plain FUD, the release manager told that he will not stop glibc > > from entering testing because of that, that the solution can be worked > > out later. > > > > Notice that this really makes sense, since the RPC code has been in > > glibc since years (7 or even 13 or so, if i remember well), and > > anyway, > > the RC bug is present in both the version in unstable and the version > > currently in testing, so we will not be introducing any new bug into > > testing because of that, which is ok with the testing script. > > It must be ok with the serious severity. > > > Anyway, the non-freeness of the RPC code doesn't even seem to be > > confirmed, and it may be possible that sun would simply update the > > licence accordyingly. > > > > BTW, you best look at the debian-glibc mailing list for definite > > answers > > on that, and i think there was also some info on on of the pasts > > debian > > weekly news, with the mail from the RM about this issue. > > > > > So, are there still reasons for the mini-free? > > > > So, i think, yes, it would be ok. Anyway, do you need to upload > > something nextly ? > > Well, because of a tetex-bin failure on ia64, I decided not to
I was told by bdale that this will be fixed nextly, it was a few days ago though. > upload a fix for cameleon. So, I won't upload anything in the > next days. Ok, anyway, we will be fixed early next week, so ... Friendly, Sven Luther
