Hi, I'd like to get the lcms/libmng/libwmf/imagemagick/plotutils dependency chain into testing, because perlmagick has been broken in testing for a long time, which is causing bug reports and general confusion. Most of the pieces are ready, but there are a few left that I think we should temporarily clear out of the way for the greater good.
Package: autotrace Testing: 0.29-1 Unstable: 0.31.1-0.4 Bugs: 211862 Suggestion: remove-from-testing Analysis: Depends on imagemagick and plotutils, so we need a new version, but it's blocked by #211862. Since autotrace is orphaned, let's pull it out until it gets fixed. Package: mftrace Testing: 1.0.12-2 Unstable: 1.0.19-1 Bugs: not-filed Suggestion: remove-from-testing Analysis: Depends on autotrace, for which see above. Package: python-biggles Testing: 1.6.3-2 Unstable: 1.6.3-5.1 Bugs: not-filed Suggestion: remove-from-testing Analysis: This is OK by itself, but the new version depends on both plotutils and python2.3, which means that we have to get the python 2.3 transition sorted out *as well*. From my initial look at it that looks like it's going to be a lot of work, which we can break up into smaller pieces by taking this out of testing. Package: rubymagick Testing: 0.1.3-6 Unstable: 0.1.3-9 Bugs: 148102 152864 Suggestion: remove-from-testing Analysis: rubymagick wouldn't be too bad by itself, but it depends on both imagemagick and ruby-defaults, so we get stuck in the ruby 1.8 transition, which still appears to need fixes to a number of packages. As with python 2.3, breaking this work up would be helpful. With these four removed, we can upgrade lcms, libmng, libwmf, imagemagick, plotutils, ale, animal, findimagedupes, kismet, libapache-miniwiki-perl, mrwtoppm, oleo, prestimel, pstoedit, python2.1-libplot, python2.2-libplot, python2.3-libplot, rss-glx, scribus, wv, xastir, xdb; all that makes 28 more packages in testing installable. Thanks, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
