[OSM-talk] Mapnik Import Error

[Bruce Cowan]

On Thu, 2008-05-29 at 08:09 +0100, Shaun McDonald wrote:
> On 28 May 2008, at 23:21, Bruce Cowan wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 2008-05-28 at 14:11 -0500, Ian Dees wrote:
> >> Ahh, thanks. This version of osm2pgsql was installed via apt-get. Can
> >> we get an updated version on the multiverse servers?
> >
> > Due to Ubuntu's ridiculous bureaucracy levels, this wouldn't happen
> > unless there's a major bug in the version that is in at the moment  
> > (and
> > even at that they won't bother for something this little used).
> >
> 
> It won't work any more. Isn't that a major bug?

Due to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates , you'd have to file
a bug with the following information:

      * A statement explaining the impact of the bug on users and
        justification for backporting the fix to the stable release 
      * An explanation of how the bug has been addressed in the
        development branch, including the relevant version numbers of
        packages modified in order to implement the fix. 
      * A minimal patch applicable to the stable version of the package.
        If preparing a patch is likely to be time-consuming, it may be
        preferable to get a general approval from the SRU team first.
      * Detailed instructions how to reproduce the bug. These should
        allow someone who is not familiar with the affected package to
        reproduce the bug and verify that the updated package fixes the
        problem. Please mark this with a line "TEST CASE:". 
      * A discussion of the regression potential of the patch and how
        users could get inadvertently effected. 

After this, it has to go through a ~2 week verification stage.

In other words, it's not worth the effort.
-- 
Bruce Cowan <bcowan at fastmail.co.uk>