Bug 79713 should have been a showstopper for KDE-3.2.2

[James Richard Tyrer]

Matt Rogers wrote:
> On Saturday 17 April 2004 01:35 am, James Richard Tyrer wrote:
> 
>>This bug has now been fixed:
>>
>>	http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79713
>>
>>However,  the fix is not tagged: KDE_3_2_2_RELEASE
>>
>>What appears to have happened is that the "fix" for bug 78504:
>>
>>	http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=78504
>>
>>broke Ark to the point that it would not extract any tar archive file.
>>
>>Since this is a serious regression, it should be a show stopper for
>>KDE-3.2.2.
>>
>>I read that KDE-3.2.2 had been tagged but not released yet.  So, I am not
>>clear as to its status.  Is there going to be a beta or a release candidate
>>or is it just going to be kicked out the door as it is currently tagged?
>>
>>In any case, what is important is that this bug was a serious regression
>>and KDE-3.2.2 should NOT be released with the very broken Ark.  It needs to
>>be fixed retroactively if necessary.
>>
>>--
>>JRT
> 
> 
> It'll be kicked otu the door as it was tagged, so unless the ag was moved 
> after the fix was put in, it'll go out with the fix. 
> 
> BTW, emailing kde-core-devel and rd about this would have been better than 
> kde-quality, due to the fact that there's a possible showstopper bug that's 
> been found. the kde-quality list (currently) has no clout when it comes to 
> these sort of things.

Please do that for me since I do not have kde-core-devel write privileges.

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JRT