On Mon, 2020-04-06 at 15:23 +0200, Sebastiaan Couwenberg wrote: > On 4/6/20 3:05 PM, Alastair McKinstry wrote: > > Package: ftp.debian.org > > Severity: normal > > > > mpich-3.4a4-2 has a problem due to a silent SOVERSION change in > > upstream; > > (SOVERSION set to 0). It must not progress to testing. > > A new release will be done based on the previous upstream release > > (ie 3.3.2-3 will be uploaded when 3.4~a2-2 is removed). > > Why are asking the ftp team to remove the package entirely?
It also won't help, as the version in the archive can't go backwards (modulo epochs etc) and some people will already have the broken version installed. You want a fixed upload with either epoch or +really ASAP, and possibly an RC bug in the meantime. Regards, Adam
