Christian Meder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Aug 14, 1999 at 12:10:10PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > > package: ftape > > version: 4.03pre2.1999.04.25-1 > > major update over slink, don't think it meets the update criteria > > First of all it's only a minor update: slink has got pre1. Secondly > * compiles with 2.2.x kernels > * important bugfixes for parallel port floppy tape drives > and Ditto Max 2GB > pre1 won't compile with 2.2.x kernels and I thought slink was meant to > be compatible with 2.2.x kernels although not officially supporting > them.
I don't think this is sufficient to get it into stable. > Besides pre1 could cause unrecoverable tape archives with > parallel port tape drives and the Ditto Max 2GB which is not a > particularly useful feature for a floppy tape driver ;-) > > I guess at least the latter could be viewed as a good reason to > include ftape in the slink update. Yes, althought it is a new upstream version, no? How high is your confidence that it does not introduce new bugs, and on what grounds? -- .....Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
