On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 10:46:18AM -0800, Dan Kegel wrote:
http://lwn.net/daily/woody-release.php3 says
From: Anthony Towns aj@azure.humbug.org.au To: debian-devel-announce@lists.debian.org Subject: [2002-02-16] Release Status Update Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 12:23:18 +1000
Hi guys,
The good news, and the bad news.
The good news is that base is back in good shape. glibc, base-passwd and rsync have all had their RC bugs fixed which is very pleasing. ...
The bad news is that this means we're probably releasing soon, and that of the hundreds of less important packages with RC bugs (eg, bugzilla, craft, crossfire-{client,server}, epic4, fvwm95, gmc, gnome-admin, intuitively, kdepim, moon-lander, tkdesk, wine, and xosview) will be getting randomly ripped out of testing (in the case where bugs apply to the version in testing, anyway). What this means, is that if packages you're interested in have accumulated RC bugs (ie serious, grave or critical) you've almost run out of time to get them fixed if you want them released.
What bugs are they talking about with wine?
I only saw one marked as grave: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=133540&repeatmerged=yes
This is the only one that is an issue for the Debian release. I imagine that aj didn't do a whole lot of research on the particular RC bugs used in his example, he just needed some good examples of packages with RC bugs. :) Judging from reactions in the Bug-Squashing Party currently going on, the bug in question will probably be downgraded or reassigned, depending on whether any further information is forthcoming from the submitter.
but this one looks worth responding to, too: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=98661&repeatmerged=yes
Hmmm. That's an interesting one. :)
It might be good for wine developers who like debian to have a look at the debian bug tracking system. The main problem appears to be being addressed, but a little overkill never hurt.
I'm sure no one will complain at seeing more bugs fixed...
Cheers, Steve Langasek postmodern programmer