Resyncing the archive with the seed lists
Martin Pitt
martin.pitt at ubuntu.com
Wed Aug 17 01:23:21 CDT 2005
Hi Matt, Hi Sebastien!
Matt Zimmerman [2005-08-16 20:31 -0700]:
> > Matt Zimmerman [2005-08-12 12:45 -0700]:
> > > o libdb3-util {db3}
> > >
> > > Is this worth seeding? We still have packages which use db3
> > > databases.
> >
> > Certainly not a big deal since the source is in main anyway.
>
> Please seed it if you haven't already.
Done.
> > > o tdsodbc {freetds}
> > >
> > > Its source and dependencies are already in main; should probably be
> > > seeded. Thoughts?
> >
> > Doesn't look scary security-wise, no CANs. No objection.
>
> Please seed if you haven't already.
Done.
> > > o ocaml-native-compilers {ocaml}
> > >
> > > Anyone know anything about ocaml?
> >
> > A bit, since I maintain a package written in Ocaml, and I dealt with
> > it in my university time. Ocaml programs are usually compiled into
> > bytecode and are interpreted by ocaml-base, but for number crunching
> > apps you can speed them up a bit by compiling it natively. Not more or
> > less critical than ocaml-base, but usually bytecode is enough.
>
> Is it worthwhile to have it in main, given that the source is already there?
It's nice to have, seeded.
> > > o libpolyp0-glib2.0 libpolyp0-glib2.0-dev polypaudio polypaudio-alsa polypaudio-clients polypaudio-x11{polypaudio}
> > >
> > > The source is in main because gst-plugins0.8 builds with
> > > libpolyp-dev. Should we:
> >
> > See other mail, I'd like to see polypaudio back in universe for now. A
> > nonexistant upstream and some important bugs make it still
> > unappropriate for main IMO.
>
> This is still pending; who will make the necessary changes?
Sebastien, can you do this please? You know the package and how to
disable it.
> > > o postgresql postgresql-client postgresql-contrib postgresql-doc {postgresql}
> > >
> > > Martin?
> >
> > We need these in Breezy for a clean Hoary->Breezy upgrade. These are
> > now transition packages, postgresql moves your old db structure into
> > the new cluster architecture, and the other packages are empty and
> > just pull in Dependencies. They can be removed in Breezy+1 (if we
> > don't support upgrades with skipping releases), and I will remove them
> > in Debian after the Etch release.
>
> There is a section in the supported seed for such packages; please add them
> there.
Done.
> > > o tk8.3-dev {tk8.3}
> > >
> > > Should probably be seeded. Thoughts?
> >
> > Hmm, new programs should probably built against tk8.4-dev?
>
> 8.3 and 8.4 aren't 100% compatible I don't think; some packages still use
> 8.3, and so the source is already in main. The question is what to do about
> the -dev package.
Ok, seeded, since it's rather trivial.
Martin
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