Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal Dear release team,
There's a number of sphinxcontrib package which have RC bugs in Jessie, because of missing build-depends. Namely: - #768707 [S|+P| ] [src:sphinxcontrib-blockdiag] - #768708 [S|+P| ] [src:sphinxcontrib-nwdiag] - #768739 [S|+P| ] [src:sphinxcontrib-actdiag] - #768765 [S|+P| ] [src:sphinxcontrib-seqdiag] On all of the 4 cases, the issue is that python-sphinx-testing, and python3-sphinx-testing didn't make it on time for the release. So we have 2 ways to fix the issue: - 1/ Allow python-sphinx-testing to get in Jessie - 2/ Remove all sphinx-testing tests and build-depends from the above 4 packages, and unblock them from Sid so that they migrate to Jessie. It is my understanding that the goal of the distribution freeze is to improve Q/A. sphinx-testing is just there for Q/A, so makes a lot of sense to allow it to get in Jessie. It doesn't serve any other purpose but providing Q/A for the above 4 packages. Not allowing it to get in, and choosing option 2 wouldn't help improving quality, quite the opposite. The only reason why you would refuse to get sphinx-testing in, would be because you just want to respect establish rules and not make exception (which I would understand, but not support). I do understand all the freeze stuff and rules, though since we all have a limited amount of time available, option 1 seems more reasonable. That's just a single unblock, vs 4 uploads (possibly NMU) and 4 matching unblocks... In any ways, I would like to act fast on this current issue so that the packages gets in Jessie, so please let me know your release team view here. Cheers, Thomas Goirand -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
