Hi Jay, I hadn't asked - thanks for prodding me. If this is possible at this stage, I would wholeheartedly support it (I did not actually realise xfsprogs had been held up - apologies!).
cheers. On Sat, 2008-03-15 at 21:12 -0400, Jay Berkenbilt wrote: > Nathan, > > I was wondering whether you had asked debian-release about overriding > the freeze on xfsprogs to get 2.9.7-1 into lenny. > > I noticed today that, on my lenny system with a 2.6.22 kernel, I > couldn't mount newly created xfs file systems. I read through bug > 465737 and found the workaround (-l lazy-count=0) which solves my > immediate problem, and I also see that you uploaded 2.9.7-1 to sid > with urgency high on 2/29. However, it has not transitioned to > testing: > > * 15 days old (needed 2 days) > * Not touching package, as requested by freeze (contact > debian-release if update is needed) > * Updating xfsprogs fixes old bugs: #465737 > * Not considered > > Have you contacted debian-release to request an override of the > freeze? Right now, the package is unusable in lenny, and this seems > like a good enough reason to force the new version to transition. A > quick search of the debian-release archive didn't turn anything up, > but sorry if I overlooked it. You'll notice I've cc'ed debian-release > on this email, but I don't want to ask myself since it's someone > else's package. > > Thanks! > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
