ESS 5.6 released ___ do NOT propagate it __

[Martin Maechler]

>>>>> Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd at debian.org>
>>>>>     on Mon, 7 Dec 2009 06:48:30 -0600 writes:

    > On 7 December 2009 at 06:11, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: | On
    > 7 December 2009 at 08:52, Martin Maechler wrote: | | I
    > plan to release 5.7 later today.
    > | | 
    > | | PLEASE!  Do not release 5.6 for Debian / SuSE /
    > Windows /... !
    > | 
    > | It was released the morning of your previous email
    > containing the words
    > | 
    > | "we've decided to release ESS 5.6"
    > | 
    > | So 5.6 is out there in Debian unstable, and there is
    > nothing I can do | about it now other than to release 5.7
    > or 5.6.1 when it comes out.

    > And 5.7 is on its way to Debian now; debian/changelog
    > update is r4219.

    > Dirk

Thank you very much, Dirk, (and Detlef who also corresponded
"off-public").

Indeedd, I hope that 5.7 can replace 5.6 where that might have
already been uploaded.

Thank you all for your porting work!
Martin