Package: sysvinit Version: 2.86.ds1-20 Severity: wishlist Hello,
I think it might be a good idea to remove the NEWS.Debian entries for sysvinit for versions 2.86.ds1-18 and 2.86.ds1-19, and try to get this changed package into etch (maybe via etch-proposed-updates). The versions of sysvinit having bug #386500 (and friends), specifically 2.86.ds1-16 and 2.86.ds1-17, were never part of Etch, as I determined by checking snapshot.debian.net. (Etch jumped from -15 to -20 on about September 22, and that is still the sysvinit version in Etch as of October 20.) Therefore these NEWS.Debian entries that explain how to deal with repercussions from that bug are unnecessary, and their appearance will be confusing to anyone tracking Etch or upgrading from Sarge to Etch. Further, anyone tracking Sid should have seen them by now since sysvinit 2.86.ds1-19 was available in unstable on Sept. 13 (again, according to snapshot.debian.net), more than a month ago. CC'ing to debian-release in case the Release Managers wish to comment. Incidentally, it would be nice to have some sort of tool that could be used to track the versions of a package that had appeared in the current "testing" release, although obviously that's beyond the scope of this bug report. Currently one has to browse for the package of interest in http://snapshot.debian.net/archive/YYYY/MM/DD/debian/dists/testing/SECTION/binary-ARCH/Packages.gz for the desired SECTION and ARCH through possibly relevant dates YYYY/MM/DD. regards, -- Kevin B. McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Physics Department WWW: http://www.princeton.edu/~kmccarty/ Princeton University GPG: public key ID 4F83C751 Princeton, NJ 08544 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]