Feature Freeze Exception: bzr 1.3

[John Dong]

Binary package hint: bzr

Request:
Update bzr to version 1.3, including incompatible plugins, by syncing from Debian. Packages and versions include:

(main) bzr: 1.3-1
(universe) bzr-svn: 0.4.9-1
(universe) bzr-builddeb: 0.93
(universe) bzrtools: 1.3.0-2

      A rationale for the exception, explaining the benefit of the change

A new version of bzr brings in various bugfixes, performance improvements, and also compatibility with newer plugins. Particularly, bzr-svn would be a dead-end with known bugs if we do not keep bzr updated.

Historically bzr's comprehensive test suite and short release cycles result in few if any regressions from release to release, so it's a pretty safe FFe.

Full changelog available at https://launchpad.net/bzr/1.3/1.3/

[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

Ack from me for Universe if Main updates.

[StefanPotyra (sistpoty)]

*nod*. In case you get the main FFe, please set the bug status to confirmed and go ahead. Thanks.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

I have used the 1.3 bzr, bzrtools, and bzr-svn packages for two days now without any problem. Ack from me.

I don't close the bug yet in case Steve objects.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

NB that I did not test bzr-builddeb.

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

I see several other packages in universe that appear to be plugins for bzr; do they need updates as well for this change?:

   bzr-rebase
   bzr-pqm
   bzr-email

Otherwise, looks good to me.

[Jelmer Vernooij (jelmer)]

On Mo, 2008-03-31 at 22:05 +0000, Steve Langasek wrote:
> I see several other packages in universe that appear to be plugins for
> bzr; do they need updates as well for this change?:
>
> bzr-rebase
> bzr-pqm
> bzr-email
>
> Otherwise, looks good to me.
No, they should still work fine. Their dependencies on bzr are not as
strict as for bzr-svn and bzrtools because they're not using less public
API's.

Cheers,

Jelmer

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[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

ok, confirmed for all packages.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

I synced bzr, bzr-svn, and bzr-builddeb. bzrtools needs a merge.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package bzrtools - 1.3.0-2ubuntu1

---------------
bzrtools (1.3.0-2ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low

  * New upstream release to match bzr 1.3. (LP: #208039)
  * Merge from debian unstable, remaining changes:
    - debian/{pre,post}inst: Cleanups for upgrades from previous Hardy
      versions. Can be dropped after Hardy's release.

bzrtools (1.3.0-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * Fix dependencies to be installable against bzr 1.3.

bzrtools (1.3.0-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.

 -- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:54:03 +0200

[Matt Zimmerman (mdz)]

This exception seems to have introduced bug 208418