I discovered that axiom had an RC bug and this prompted me to check which other science related packages had RC bugs. Looking at http://bts.turmzimmer.net/details.php reveals the following science packages (picked out by hand, so E&OE) that have release critical bugs:
Package: axiom (optional; Camm Maguire) [axiom/20050901-10 ; 20050901-10.1 ; 20/10 days ; sparc(Failed)] [add/edit comment] 500997 [ B] axiom_20050901-10.1(sparc/unstable): FTBFS on sparc, code.o': No such file or directory [FREEZE] Package: maxima (optional; Camm Maguire) [maxima/5.13.0-3.1 ; 5.16.3-1 ; 39/2 days ; hppa(Building)] [add/edit comment] 02-Oct-2008: luk: needs tpu upload 474909 [ + T] maxima: FTBFS: /bin/sh: ./maxima: No such file or directory [FROZEN] Package: r-base-core (optional; Dirk Eddelbuettel) [r-base/2.7.1-1 ; 2.8.0~20081006-1 ; 4/10 days ; arm(Building)] [add/edit comment] 09-Oct-2008: HE: New version unsuitable, needs tpu upload 496418 [ T] The possibility of attack with the help of symlinks in some Debian packages [FREEZE] Package: r-base-core-ra (optional; Dirk Eddelbuettel) [r-base-core-ra/1.1.1-1 ; 1.1.2-1 ; 35/10 days] [add/edit comment] 15-Sep-2008: HE: new upstream version unsuitable, needs tpu upload 496363 [ S T] The possibility of attack with the help of symlinks in some Debian packages There are also RC bugs in matplotlib, texlive-fonts-extra and texlive-latex-extra, but very recent uploads have been made which appear to address the RC bug. So, most packages are in good shape (or scientists don't like reporting RC bugs). Chris [FREEZE] Package: acl2 (optional; Camm Maguire) [acl2/3.1-1 ; 3.4-1 ; 43/10 days ; hppa(Building);ia64(Building);sparc(Failed)] [add/edit comment] 02-Oct-2008: luk: probably needs tpu upload 494328 [ T] acl2: FTBFS in lenny: Initialization FAILED: acl2-status.txt should contain :INITIALIZED. Package: axiom (optional; Camm Maguire) [axiom/20050901-10 ; 20050901-10.1 ; 17/10 days ; sparc(Failed)] [add/edit comment] 500997 [ NB] axiom_20050901-10.1(sparc/unstable): FTBFS on sparc, code.o': No such file or directory [FREEZE] Package: maxima (optional; Camm Maguire) [maxima/5.13.0-3.1 ; 5.16.3-1 ; 36/2 days ; hppa(Building)] [add/edit comment] 02-Oct-2008: luk: needs tpu upload 474909 [ + T] maxima: FTBFS: /bin/sh: ./maxima: No such file or directory [FROZEN] Package: quantlib-swig (optional; Dirk Eddelbuettel) [quantlib-swig/0.9.0-1 ; 0.9.6-1 ; 59/10 days] [add/edit comment] 02-Oct-2008: luk: needs tpu upload 494218 [ T] quantlib-swig: FTBFS: QuantLib/quantlib_wrap.cpp:6127: error: 'NaturalCubicSpline' is not a member of 'QuantLib' [FROZEN] Package: r-base-core (optional; Dirk Eddelbuettel) [r-base/2.7.1-1 ; 2.8.0~20081006-1 ; 1/10 days ; alpha(I);arm(Building);mips(I);mipsel(I);powerpc(I)] [add/edit comment] 496418 [ T] The possibility of attack with the help of symlinks in some Debian packages [FREEZE] Package: r-base-core-ra (optional; Dirk Eddelbuettel) [r-base-core-ra/1.1.1-1 ; 1.1.2-1 ; 32/10 days] [add/edit comment] 15-Sep-2008: HE: new upstream version unsuitable, needs tpu upload 496363 [ S T] The possibility of attack with the help of symlinks in some Debian packages Package: texlive-fonts-extra (optional; Debian TeX Maintainers et al.) [texlive-extra/2007.dfsg.4-1 ; 2007.dfsg.6-1 ; 8/5 days] [add/edit comment] 07-Oct-2008: dato: unblocked 500633 [ T] texlive-fonts-extra: oca nonfree 501270 [ NB] texlive-fonts-extra: futhark nonfree Package: texlive-latex-extra (optional; Debian TeX Maintainers et al.) [texlive-extra/2007.dfsg.4-1 ; 2007.dfsg.6-1 ; 8/5 days] [add/edit comment] 07-Oct-2008: dato: unblocked 500074 [ T] texlive-latex-extra: grnumalt is nonfree -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
