[arch-dev-public] ISO 2008.03-2 release status update

[K. Piche]

On Fri, 2008-03-14 at 23:34 +0200, Roman Kyrylych wrote:
> 2008/3/14, Eric Belanger <belanger at astro.umontreal.ca>:
> > On Fri, 14 Mar 2008, Roman Kyrylych wrote:
> >
> >  > 2008/3/14, K. Piche <kpiche at rogers.com>:
> >  >>
> >  >>  On Thu, 2008-03-13 at 18:50 +0100, Tobias Powalowski wrote:
> >  >> > Hey guys keep cool,
> >  >> > following packages i would like to see in core:
> >  >> >
> >  >> > pending signoffs and move to base:
> >  >> > pmciautils?
> >  >> > just a small udev.rules fix waiting for signoff.
> >  >> >
> >  >> > initscripts?
> >  >> > bump to 2008.03 with the last changes from git
> >  >> > aaron and roman will add the final changes and then release a new version.
> >  >> >
> >  >> > pending signoffs and move to support:
> >  >> > wpasupplicant?
> >  >> > waiting for signoff
> >  >> >
> >  >> > fuse?
> >  >> > Thomas is there an issue atm?
> >  >> > waiting for signoff
> >  >> >
> >  >> > kbd?
> >  >> > Roman wanted to add some changes and additions to it,
> >  >> > this is not critical we could live with the old version too.
> >  >> > Roman until the other things are fixed/done you have time to get kbd working.
> >  >> >
> >  >> > madwifi/madwifi-utils?
> >  >> > switched back to trunk version, waiting for new responses, signoff
> >  >> >
> >  >> > delayed package moves due to rebuilds and issues:
> >  >> > gcc
> >  >> > build-toolchain
> >  >> > libtool
> >  >> > perl
> >  >>
> >  >>
> >  >> I consider the latest perl 5.10.0-3 pretty much complete.  Except for
> >  >>  zim and mod_perl there are no other complaints with the other official
> >  >>  packages.  I don't know the status of the community packages.
> >  >
> >  > Could you please notify Firmicus about the need of rebuilds so he
> >  > could package updated versions locally and then upload them to
> >  > community soon after you move perl out of testing.
> >  > This will help to avoid breakage of community perl packages
> >  >
> >  >
> >
> >
> > I was about to suggest the same thing. A quick search for 'perl' on the
> >  AUR interface gave me over 200 results.  As most of them are perl modules
> >  that will definitely needs to be rebuilt, we can expect that over 200
> >  community package will need to be rebuilt. That is certainly a lot. IMO,
> >  it would be a good idea to keep perl in testing until community packages
> >  are locally ready.
> 
> Firmicus already did local rebuilds, sergej was notified today.

Firmicus and I have chatted several times about the new perl - already
keeping community in mind.


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K. Piche <kpiche at rogers.com>