Ubuntu Wiki

Kernel

• 2.6.32

GCC

Blockers

• Debian has not switched to 4.4 due to a "licensing blip"
  • Ubuntu decided Free Software Foundation didn't possibly mean to apply GPL to generated code.
  • debian-legal has not replied about this problem.

Actions

• slangasek (vorlon) to send email (to debian-devel) on why Ubuntu decided
• doko to send email to debian-release and gcc

Python

Blockers

• python 2.6 by default in Debian is currently blocked because from a language point of view, installing two different modules in two different directories changes the behavior of imports (relative imports)
  • packages which use plugin systems don't expect plugins to be found in multiple locations
  • this is a python-support vs. python-central issue, with each tool installing to a different location
    • no tool other than python-support can install to the directory used by python-support

Actions

• Wait a few weeks. There may be OOB talk that fixes it.
• Technical board(s) should try to solve this problem. If they can't, vorlon and sabdfl will attack the problem. It is, though, a very technical problem, which a general board might not be qualified to decide.

Java

• build 16.1.6.1 in Debian
  • in Karmic
• Lucid has the next level
• openjdk is unmaintained in Debian (unless doko uploads it)
  • team-maintained by a team of one - help wanted

Blockers

• rejected in Debian due to issue with copyright file
  • not insurmountable, just needs a bit of effort to comply with the current copyright file rules

Perl

• ubuntu has 5.10.0 and debian has 5.10.1
• requires a merge, but shouldn't be an issue

X

• ubuntu has xorg 7.5, and debian does as well
• ubuntu has xserver 1.7.5, and debian does as well
• ubuntu has mesa 7.7-4, and debian does as well (in unstable)
• ubuntu shares the same upstream version as debian on nearly all libx* packages
• ubuntu shares the same upstream version as debian on nearly all x11proto- packages
• ubuntu shares the same upstream version as debian on nearly all video driver packages
• ubuntu shares the same upstream version as debian on nearly all input driver packages

• For a thorough comparison of Debian and Ubuntu version comparisons on a version-by-version viewpoint, see: http://www2.bryceharrington.org:8080/X/PkgList/versions_current.html

OpenOffice

Additional Items

• Boost. One is uploaded now, but don't want to switch now if Debian will switch again.