Bug#840589: Questioning severity of the bug

2016-10-16 Thread Aurelien Jarno
On 2016-10-16 18:38, Ole Streicher wrote: > Hi Julien, > > On 16.10.2016 18:30, Julien Cristau wrote: > > Packages must autobuild without failure on all architectures on > > which they are supported. Packages must be supported on as many > > architectures as is reasonably possible. Pac

Bug#840589: Questioning severity of the bug

2016-10-16 Thread Julien Cristau
On Sun, Oct 16, 2016 at 18:38:20 +0200, Ole Streicher wrote: > Hi Julien, > > On 16.10.2016 18:30, Julien Cristau wrote: > > Packages must autobuild without failure on all architectures on > > which they are supported. Packages must be supported on as many > > architectures as is reas

Bug#840589: Questioning severity of the bug

2016-10-16 Thread Ole Streicher
Hi Julien, On 16.10.2016 18:30, Julien Cristau wrote: > Packages must autobuild without failure on all architectures on > which they are supported. Packages must be supported on as many > architectures as is reasonably possible. Packages are assumed to > be supported on all

Bug#840589: Questioning severity of the bug

2016-10-16 Thread Adam D. Barratt
On Sun, 2016-10-16 at 18:25 +0200, Ole Streicher wrote: > Hi Peter, > > could you explain why you think this is of severity "serious"? In my > opinion, FTBFS should be "important" as long as there is at least one > useful architecture. Your opinion is not consistent with RC bug policy. See https:

Bug#840589: Questioning severity of the bug

2016-10-16 Thread Julien Cristau
On Sun, Oct 16, 2016 at 18:25:31 +0200, Ole Streicher wrote: > could you explain why you think this is of severity "serious"? In my > opinion, FTBFS should be "important" as long as there is at least one > useful architecture. > No, that's not how it works. https://release.debian.org/stretch/rc_

Bug#840589: Questioning severity of the bug

2016-10-16 Thread Ole Streicher
Hi Peter, could you explain why you think this is of severity "serious"? In my opinion, FTBFS should be "important" as long as there is at least one useful architecture. The definition for important is: "a bug which has a major effect on the usability of a package, without rendering it completel