On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 03:47:08PM +0100, Niels Thykier wrote: > We are considering removing the following packages from testing as > they have unfixed RC bugs filed against them. [...] > Wouter Verhelst <wou...@debian.org> > pmw
I had overlooked the fact that "serious" means "release critical", otherwise I'd have given this some more attention. What happens here is that some pointer/int confusion causes incorrect output, in the test suite, which causes the package to fail to build, on a non-release architecture[1]. Since the test suite is run at compile time, this means the bug does not manifest itself on the architectures where the package did build, in casu our release architectures. For that reason, I believe it makes more sense to downgrade the bug rather than to kick it out of the release, so I've done that. Having said that, I've contacted upstream; if a complete fix does materialize before the release (Thorsten's patch only fixes one instance of that bug, but the bug report hints there may be more), I'll still upload that, with the hope it'll get accepted...? [1] In casu, m68k. Yes, I know. Stop looking at me like that. -- Copyshops should do vouchers. So that next time some bureaucracy requires you to mail a form in triplicate, you can mail it just once, add a voucher, and save on postage. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130124212451.ga7...@grep.be
