zsh in Debian 3.1

zsh in Debian 3.1

[Clint Adams]

Assuming that a great many things will remain true, the zsh that will
"ship" with Debian 3.1 needs to be ready by the 17th.

If 4.2.1 is out by then, I imagine it will be stock 4.2.1; otherwise it
will be 4.2.0 plus plenty of patches, 4.2.1-test-A, current CVS HEAD, or
some possibility I haven't envisioned.

Anyone who cares is welcome to comment on the matter.

Re: zsh in Debian 3.1

[Peter Stephenson]

Clint Adams wrote:
> Assuming that a great many things will remain true, the zsh that will
> "ship" with Debian 3.1 needs to be ready by the 17th.

I can't see anything significant happening in the next few days, so I'm
hoping to upload 4.2.1 by Friday.  (The only thing I'm expecting
to fix myself is a report from Eric S Raymond that one of the manual
pages doesn't convert to Docbook cleanly, if I remember.)

I will hold off the patch to warn about truncation of integers.  It's
been that way for so long it's not worth fixing in a hurry, and I'd like
the change to be tried out a bit better.

As you would expect, I'm going on holiday on Tuesday.

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Peter Stephenson <pws@csr.com>                  Software Engineer
CSR Ltd., Science Park, Milton Road,
Cambridge, CB4 0WH, UK                          Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070


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