[Gnumed-devel] Re: Release 0.4.0 is out

[Andreas Tille]

On Wed, 4 Mar 2009, Karsten Hilbert wrote:

> Not much. It contains the new /usr/bin/gnumed shell script.
> The prerequisites checking has been improved to list all of
> them in one run, and more concisely, too.

OK.

> How easy is it to move a package from experimental to
> unstable ?  If it is nothing more than the uploader deciding
> where to place it and re-upload to unstable when she sees
> fit then I would suggest this:

It's very easy.  Just mention the target distribution in the
changelog entry (either unstable or experimental) nothing else.

> - build 0.4.0 debs
> - upload to experimental
> - wait the remaining 9 days for 0.3.12 to move to testing
> - then re-upload 0.4.then-x to unstable

OK, I'll do this.

> This way, people will "auto-get" the latest, very-stable 0.3
> and can then decide whether to put the 0.3 package on hold
> for a while for 10 more days.
>
> Otherwise I would just wait the 9 days before uploading
> 0.4.x.

Hmmm, I wanted to update the server package as well and this
might last some days longer because more testing is needed.
If this might take me 10 days anyway ...

> That will give you a few more days to work on the 0.4
> packages, BTW ;-)

Yes. ;-)

> I do but the screenshot feature is (intended to be)
>
> a) a debugging tool and
> b) our poor-man's printout generator ;-)

Sure.  I just stumbled upon the term screenshot...
It might be a good idea to add one or two screenshots of
GNUmed to the site I mentioned if you have the images anyway
(not because of the new feature but on your website).

Kind regards

        Andreas.

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