On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 22:23 +0200, Adeodato Simó wrote:
> * Adam C Powell IV [Thu, 11 Aug 2005 13:37:00 -0400]:
> 
> > Greetings,
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > I'm afraid I'm just back from a couple of weeks out of the country and
> > with very limited email contact.  During this time, my packages were
> > (rightfully) rejected from the NEW queue, and the 0-day NMU policy took
> > effect, under which you NMU-ed my packages. 
> 
>   (FWIW, it was more like a 7-day NMU. And I planned on 14 days, but I
>   was asked not to because of the number of packages waiting on mpich
>   fixed pacakges to undergo their own C++ ABI transition.)

I understand, my fault (as I mentioned), though those packages will now
need to change again because of the new upstream API and fortran.

> > Unfortunately, this had the detrimental effect of assigning the -c2
> > label to library packages with only one binary change: the new C++ ABI.
> > If you read debian-beowulf,
> 
>   Sorry, I don't. I haven't NMUed mpich out of interest in the package,
>   but out of interest in Debian, and in order tho have the C++ transition
>   move forward globally.

Though presumably the maintainers of the dependent packages read it...

> > Therefore, is there any way to retract your NMU packages from the NEW
> > queue?  (Actually, I don't see them there, but they should be because
> > they involve renamed packages...) 
> 
>   No, it's not going to be possible. You don't see them there because
>   they have been accepted already, and are in the mirrors by now.

Too bad.

> > Oh well, I suppose it's my fault for not getting my updated c2 packages
> > uploaded within the few days between the gcc 4.0 upgrade and my travel.
> 
>   Or you could have notified -private about the period you were going to
>   be away. If I had read that you were coming back a day after the
>   upload, I would most likely have waited.

Indeed, good point.  Learned my lesson the hard way. :-(

Thanks again for your help,

-Adam
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