As for the lucid sync, does it introduce any new features, ABI changes,
etc.? Has 4.999.9beta+20100212-3 been tested with .lzma packages and
KDE?
** Changed in: xz-utils (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Incomplete
** Summary changed:
- sync request (testing or unstable - karmic/main)
+ sync
Please sync xz-utils package for Lucid with Debian:
http://packages.debian.org/sid/xz-utils
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sync request (testing or unstable - karmic/main)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/528850
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We don't sync new versions into stable releases directly, and nor do we
remove packages from stable releases; we backport targeted fixes
instead. Please see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates. Could
somebody prepare a suitable backport of whatever fixes are needed, with
a rationale?
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resubscribe that team once there's a patch to review.)
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sync request (testing or unstable - karmic/main)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/528850
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I assume the Ubuntu release team should be unsubscribed, too, but I
don’t know how.
Thanks for the explanation. I don’t have much time for it and don’t have
an Ubuntu system to test on, but for anyone interested, the relevant
changes are:
- Edit debian/copyright to describe the actual license
KDE in Karmic uses XZ for lzma support. I use it fairly frequently for
decompressing lzma .debs without apparent problems. If it were updated,
KDE 4.3 would need porting to the new ApI.
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sync request (testing or unstable - karmic/main)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/528850
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Scott Kitterman wrote:
KDE in Karmic uses XZ for lzma support. I use it fairly frequently for
decompressing lzma .debs without apparent problems. If it were updated,
KDE 4.3 would need porting to the new ApI.
For what it’s worth, the only porting involved here is rebuilding (or
at least
Scott Kitterman wrote:
KDE in Karmic uses XZ for lzma support. I use it fairly frequently for
decompressing lzma .debs without apparent problems.
Thanks for the comment. That is what I am most afraid of.
If xz-utils is upgraded to the version in testing, the upgraded
xz-utils would not
I forgot to mention: newer versions of XZ Utils of course also have
various minor API changes, new translatable strings, and new command
line options, so I assume this would require a freeze exception or
someone back-porting the packaging changes only.
If neither of those happen, could you remove
