[XML-SIG] Re: [4suite] What should go in Debian Woody?

[Uche Ogbuji]

On Wed, 2002-04-10 at 06:28, Bill Eldridge wrote:
> > 
> > My understanding of the releases in Debian is that it is quite hard to
> > get anything apart form security updates in Stable after it is released.
> > And since lots of API have changed between 4Suite 0.11.1 and 0.12.0, I'd
> > guess that 0.12.0 would have to go in testing at best.
> 
> The following is Debian's notes on Woody, that
> it is "close" to being frozen (close as in hand-grenades
> or ...?) and that the frozen period will last several
> months where only bug-fixes will be accepted.
> 
> So my question is do the 4Suite and PyXML folks
> feel comfortable that the new API's and feature
> code can be provided by the time Woody is frozen,
> and that the ensuing months of freeze are sufficient
> to debug this code. I think
> this is significantly different from "are the
> new 4Suite and PyXML releases stable enough
> now for Woody?".
> 
> http://www.debian.org/releases/testing/

What say you, Debian old heads?

If Bill is right, then I would push to continue to include 4Suite in
Woody.  We are on the verge of beta for 0.12.0, and with a bit more
testing and docs, I'm at least as confident in 0.12.0 as I am with
0.11.1 for stability.


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