[Pkg-dspam-misc] DSPAM packages

[Matthijs Möhlmann]

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On 07/18/2010 02:42 PM, Julien Valroff wrote:
> Le dimanche 18 juil. 2010 à 11:43:01 (+0200), Matthijs Möhlmann a écrit :
>> Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 11:43:01 +0200
>> From: Matthijs Möhlmann <matthijs at cacholong.nl>
>> To: pkg-dspam-misc at lists.alioth.debian.org
>> Subject: Re: [Pkg-dspam-misc] DSPAM packages
>>
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>> On 07/17/2010 08:34 AM, Julien Valroff wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> The 3.9.1 release is being prepared upstream, it should be released in
>>> August or September if no major bug is found in the meantime. I would
>>> like to see this version uploaded to experimental as soon as it is
>>> released. I am hence extensively testing the packages in the
>>> experimental branch in our svn repo. I would appreciate if someone could
>>> review them in the meantime.
>>> Also, I would like to test them with piuparts, to avoid any major issue
>>> when users will upgrade from the old 3.6.8 still in unstable - any hint
>>> on how to run these tests with such a large bunch of packages?
>>>
>>> The packages are also tested by various users, as they are publicly
>>> available in my personal repository (it seems most Debian users get
>>> these packages sooner or later, as upstream even recommend using them
>>> instead of the outdated official packages).
>>>
>>> Kurt also stated he was working on getting RC bugs fixed in the 3.6.8
>>> version. Any news on this? If nothing happens, don't you think 3.9.1
>>> could be directly uploaded to unstable?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Julien
>>>
>>
>> Hello Julien,
> 
> Hi Matthijs,
> 
>> Good to hear that 3.9.1 is being prepared. The current version in the
>> trunk is at this moment 3.6.8 ?
>>
>> Is there any reason not to update the trunk instead of
>> branches/experimental ?
> 
> Kurt was (is?) working on fixing RC bugs in the old 3.6.8 in trunk, I didn't
> want to interfer with his work.
> 
> I had understood the plan was to upload a fixed 3.6.8 to unstable, while the 3.9
> series would be uploaded to experimental at first.
> 

I see several pending bugs in the bugtracker, Kurt can you explain if we
need to upload 3.6.8 to fix the RC bugs or that we should upload 3.9.1
straight away ?

>> If you can update to the current version you
>> have in the experimental branch I'm willing to upload them.
> 
> I'll give it a try, though I'm more comfortable with git.
> 
> Does anybody has any objection?
> 

Ah well, it can also be first uploaded to experimental so it can get
tested by more people. But I was in the understanding that an upload was
needed.

Which branch is the 'latest and greatest' ? branches/development?

Then I'll go and will do some testing.

>> To test the packages with piuparts is pretty easy:
>> Install piuparts: aptitude install piuparts
>>
>> After that execute:
>> piuparts dspam-3.9.1_amd64.changes
>>
>> Then it will take all packages. See the manpage for examples.
> 
> Thanks, I'll have a look at this, as my first tests did not work
> for unknown reason.
> 
> Cheers,
> Julien

Regards,

Matthijs Mohlmann
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