On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 08:57:00PM +0000, Niels Thykier wrote:
> Alexandre Viau:
> >>> That was a bad understanding of the QA page from my part [1]. Actually
> >>> can somebody explain why 1.1.1 is in the "testing" column?
> >> Becuase you didn't fix the build failure of 1.1.1+dfsg1-1 and
> >> 1.1.1+dfsg1-2 quickly enough, like, in December when they happened, and
> >> instead waited for the bug to raised to RC in end January and then
> >> fixing it at end February.
> > That wasn't my question. I always thought that if 1.1.1 was in the
> > "testing" column, it meant that it was available in "testing".
> > 
> > Can you explain why 1.1.1+dfsg1-2 is in the testing column and
> > 1.1.1+dfsg1-4 in the "unstable" column?
> > 
> > 1.1.1 is not in testing nor in unstable. So what does it mean?
> > 
> 
> It could be due to "Built-Using" - if your package is mentioned in a
> "Built-Using" field,  dak will ensure that the source package is present
> in the relevant suites.  This can create the effect that a source "is in
> testing" without really being so.

mattia@warren ~ % cat 
/var/lib/apt/lists/deb.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_main_source_Sources | 
grep-dctrl -S influxdb -X -sPackage,Version,Extra-Source-Only
Package: influxdb
Version: 1.0.2+dfsg1-1

Package: influxdb
Version: 1.1.1+dfsg1-2
Extra-Source-Only: yes

mattia@warren ~ % 


i.e. yes, a case of ESO.

>   If this is the case, then it suggests that the QA page still does not
> properly ignore source packages with the "Extra-Source-Only" field (or
> whatever it is called).

so it seems.

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