* Thomas Bushnell BSG ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [061227 07:11]: > On Tue, 2006-12-26 at 21:59 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > > You asked for the release team's input into whether to upload the new > > upstream version, and Luk replied with an explanation that was consistent > > with the release team's position on the matter: new upstream versions and > > uploads including changes that don't qualify for freeze exceptions are > > considered risky and therefore discouraged. But you don't actually need the > > release team's permission to upload to unstable, and it's not anything we're > > going to get into an argument over with maintainers that make such uploads > > as long as there aren't ABI-breaking changes that will interfere with > > getting necessary updates into etch for other packages. > > And yet, glib in unstable now obviously exports a slightly different > interface than the one in testing (the changelog notwithstanding).
You mean they changed the ABI without an soname change? That sounds really bad, yes. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
