Avoiding a full port and trying to squeeze every file into the framework already set by 2.8.0 is precisely what has resulted in failed attempts to resolve Hardy's issue in the past. The issue is fully resolved in Intrepid and proven to work precisely because everything went in; only Hardy remains unresolved.
nsc: this is not a new upstream. It's a new Debian only.
Martin,
Avoiding a full port and trying to squeeze every file into the framework already set by 2.8.0 is precisely what has resulted in failed attempts to resolve Hardy's issue in the past. The issue is fully resolved in Intrepid and proven to work precisely because everything went in; only Hardy remains unresolved.
nsc: this is not a new upstream. It's a new Debian only.