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 -- GPG fingerprint: D54D 1AEE B11C CE9B A02B C5DD 526F 01E8 564E E4B6 Welcome to the best software in the world today cafe! http://www.take6.com/albums/greatesthits.html
