[Build-common-hackers] Please fix cdbs version 0.4.26-4

Robert Millan rmh@debian.org
Wed, 18 May 2005 12:15:48 +0200


On Tue, May 10, 2005 at 08:09:53PM +0200, Martin Quinson wrote:
> On Tue, May 10, 2005 at 08:07:09AM +0200, Martin Quinson wrote:
> > 
> > On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 06:28:05PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > > I just spent some hours battling against cdbs.  I think the changes in 
> > > 0.4.26-4 were a total desaster, leading to bugs #294694, #295250, #296763, 
> > > #299010, #300465 and a few other ones that I might have to file after these 
> > > ones are fixed.  This potentially introduces build regressions in hundreds of 
> > > packages, and the aim that that release was trying to achieve failed because 
> > > the code is broken.  Please revert that version before more new packages are 
> > > built with it.  None of these bugs are technically release-criticial, but 
> > > they introduce broken config.guess updating, bloated diffs, spurious errors 
> > > in the build logs, and I think in some cases the build could freeze, so on 
> > > aggregate, I think the release team should be aware of this situation.
> > 
> > 
> > Were does the source files lives nowadays? The cvs seems to be unused since
> > months, and there is nothing on svn.debian.org. I seem to remember of you
> > guys leaking some arch files in the package, once upon a time, but where
> > could I find this?
> > 
> > I am voluntering to sort some out of those issues, but without access to the
> > code, it will be cruder. I will certainly NMU if I have to, but I would
> > prefer a cleaner way...
> 
> Well, I'd like to moderate this a bit, as it does not really reflect what I
> think. Of course, I won't NMU if you want me not to. I'll only do so if
> those bugs remain unfixed and if I don't hear from you all for a while...
> 
> My main goal is to work *with* you, of course.

I'm on it.  Expect .29 soon which will fix these issues.

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