apt-3.90 build error

[Richard Bos]

Hi Panu,

Op dinsdag 12 december 2006 07:25, schreef Panu Matilainen:
> > Ah, that is a pity.  As I used to build them with xmlto.  The command I
> > use(d) is "xmlto man <input file>".  It should have been peanuts for Ralf
> > to have this included in the Makefila.am.  I say 'it's a pity', as it may
> > occur in the future that apt-rpm is merged with the upstream apt (I read
> > that in the email archives).  Hopefully this happens and than the xml
> > formatted manpages are to be used again.  Never mind, I'm going to use
> > what you provide :))
>
> Yup, IF the merge ever happens we need to revisit this issue. Even if
> there's a will it's not going to be an easy or fast process.

I assume you refer to the code and not so much to the manpages.

> > What is the status of the apt-3.90?  Is it still considered beta or can
> > it be declared released, as it has been out in the field for 2 months or
> > so?
>
> It's just a development release. It does appear to be a fairly stable one,
> but there is a caveat: it breaks Synaptic's progress reporting. Synaptic
> is going to need more patches to sort it out.

Thanks.  I think i'm going to provide it as an apt-beta for suse than.  Is 
there any timeline known for this release?

-- 
Richard Bos
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