I was wondering why hoary has still those outdated wine packages in universe

Scott Ritchie scott at open-vote.org
Wed Feb 16 03:41:26 CST 2005


On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 18:37 -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 02:26:24AM +0100, Kristof Vansant wrote:
> 
> > These packages are mutch more up-to-date:
> > Why not include them instead?
> > 
> > http://www.winehq.com/site/download-deb
> 
> The last time this was discussed, those packages needed some work before
> they would be suitable for Hoary.  They seem to have been revised now,
> though, and perhaps the situation should be re-evaluated.
> 
> It is the package maintainer's decision as to whether they are ready to be
> considered as an alternative to the Debian wine packages.
> 
> -- 
>  - mdz
> 

So now what do I do?  I haven't been in IRC for a while, but last I
checked my latest packages were being reviewed for inclusion in Universe
over the weekend.  Was there a holdup that I need to fix?

Thanks,
Scott Ritchie
Wine Usability Guy




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