Hi Anton, Anton Gladky wrote (21 Sep 2012 19:57:04 GMT) : > Dear release team,
(Disclaimer: I'm not part of the release team.) > the license problem of GMSH is resolved [1], the upstream > kindly agreed to add a license exception. > Please, consider adding this package (version 2.6.1.dfsg-4 in > unstable) into Wheezy. I understand, that is, probably, too late for > adding "new" packages, but it would be frustrating for many > engineers and scientist not to find this program in the future > stable release. If I understand clearly, the last version that was part of testing was 2.5.1~beta2~svn10284~dfsg-1, while the current candidate is 2.6.1.dfsg-4. Moreover, the removal happened in February. If there was a smaller delta between these two versions, such as "only change since removal is license fix", and a bit less delay between the removal and the unblock request, then I'd be happy to express my support for this unblock request, but here it really looks like adding a new package to testing. The request at hand is waaay outside of the exceptions described by Rule #8. So, personally, I don't think it's a good idea to unblock this package at this time of the Wheezy release cycle. I'm sorry, and I hope this package is not too much of a pain to maintain in stable backports. Cheers, -- intrigeri | GnuPG key @ https://gaffer.ptitcanardnoir.org/intrigeri/intrigeri.asc | OTR fingerprint @ https://gaffer.ptitcanardnoir.org/intrigeri/otr.asc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
