Source: expeyes Version: 5.3.1+repack-1 Severity: serious Control: close -1 5.3.1+repack-4 Tags: sid trixie User: release.debian....@packages.debian.org Usertags: out-of-sync
Dear maintainer(s),The Release Team considers packages that are out-of-sync between testing and unstable for more than 30 days as having a Release Critical bug in testing [1]. Your package src:expeyes has been trying to migrate for 31 days [2]. Hence, I am filing this bug. The version in unstable failed to build on arch:all because:
"""dpkg-gencontrol: error: the Depends field contains an arch-specific dependency but the package 'eyes17' is architecture all dh_gencontrol: error: dpkg-gencontrol -peyes17 -ldebian/changelog -Tdebian/eyes17.substvars -Pdebian/eyes17 returned exit code 25
"""I recognize the solution from our discussion on mediawiki2latex, but it only works for arch:${not-all} binaries, as the architecture qualifiers are resolved at build time, not at install time. If these dependencies aren't absolutely needed, I suggest to add them to Recommends (as those are installed by default, while still supporting armel, ppc64el and s390x). If they are near "absolutely needed", then just have eyes17 not-installable on these architectures (which needs a hint from the Release Team to migrate to testing).
If a package is out of sync between unstable and testing for a longer period, this usually means that bugs in the package in testing cannot be fixed via unstable. Additionally, blocked packages can have impact on other packages, which makes preparing for the release more difficult. Finally, it often exposes issues with the package and/or its (reverse-)dependencies. We expect maintainers to fix issues that hamper the migration of their package in a timely manner.
This bug will trigger auto-removal when appropriate. As with all new bugs, there will be at least 30 days before the package is auto-removed.
I have immediately closed this bug with the version in unstable, so if that version or a later version migrates, this bug will no longer affect testing. I have also tagged this bug to only affect sid and trixie, so it doesn't affect (old-)stable.
If you believe your package is unable to migrate to testing due to issues beyond your control, don't hesitate to contact the Release Team.
Paul [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2023/06/msg00001.html [2] https://qa.debian.org/excuses.php?package=expeyes
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