Re: Closing the merge window for 1.6.0

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Jul 14, 2008, 11:57 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0807141256310.8950@racer>
In-Reply-To: <20080714085555.GJ32184@machine.or.cz>

Hi,

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008, Petr Baudis wrote:

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> I'm saying this because I believe the best conservative upper bound for 
> backwards compatibility is Git version in Debian stable. It gets 
> probably the most stale from all the widely used software distributions 
> using Git, and it *is* quite widely used. Etch carries v1.4.4.4, which 
> fails miserably on the new packs.

Can't we just hit Debian's Git maintainer with a clue bat or a bus, whichever is easier, and force them to upgrade _in_ Etch? It's not like we haven't had _several_ stable releases in-between.

Ciao, Dscho

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