Re: [bug-mailutils] Mailutils 2.99.97 now(*) available in experimental

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Jordi Mallach <address@hidden> ha escrit:

> I have uploaded an initial revision of the package targetting the
> experimental suite, without libmu_ccp or libmu_nntp, as discussed.

Thanks a lot!

> It's taken a very long time as I've been working on this for a few hours
> every... month or so, so every time I came back to this I wasn't sure were
> I got stuck or what I was looking at lately.

Yeah, I understand that.

> 2) lber_ldadd.patch: (currently disabled): when using
>    LDFLAGS += -Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed, Mailutils fails to build due to a
>    missing -llber for libmuauth.
> 
>    However, the build will fail soon after as interdependencies between
>    libs are missing all over the place (ie, eg. libmu_compat needing
>    -lmailutils, etc), making the build fail with missing mu_* symbols.
>    We already discussed this months (years?) ago, but the fix was a bit
>    involved in the 2.x codebase.

Sorry, I fail to remember that... Can you give some more detail, please?

> 4) sieve2scm_help_output.patch: this trivial patch helps me generate a
>    manpage for this program using help2man. Part of the patch was already
>    accepted and what's left is really cosmetic. All other MU programs have
>    a capitalised "Usage:", and I see no reason for the lack of space
>    between the arguments.

Ok, let me see...

> 5) spelling_fixes.patch: welcome to my annoying spelling fixes patch. :)

Thanks!

> Finally, a question: the Debian freeze is right uppon us, and it's time to
> decide if wheezy ships Mailutils 2.2 or 2.99.9x.

2.99.9x, definitely!

> I'm assuming you'll recommend 2.99.x as 2.2 is already too old and
> will go unmaintained RSN, but we need to have in mind that unless you
> plan a 3.0 release like in the next week, wheezy would ship a beta
> version. What's your view on this with your upstream hat?

Well, I won't manage to finish everything in a week, that's for sure.  I
cannot be sure about a month, either.  My current load is a bit too
much for that, even if I concentrate entirely on MU.  What I can
promise, however, is that 3.0 will be ready by the end of the summer.

Regards,
Sergey