Re: Unmet Deps revisted

[Martin Schulze <joey@finlandia.Infodrom.North.DE>]

Santiago Vila wrote:
> > > > > > > There are in total *ten* dselect Dependency/conflict resolution screens. 
> > > > > > > (using the PageForward key). Am I *really* required to report them *all*,
> > > > > > > or may I ask our kind ftp.debian.org maintainers to do a *serious*
> > > > > > > dependency/conflict check *before* the deep freeze?
> > 
> > > > Can you raise its severity and/or make an NMU?  I feel that such bugs
> > > > are old enough to justify an NMU.
> > > 
> > > Sure. Please tell me how do I do a NMU of ftp.debian.org ;-)
> > 
> > As far as I recall the list of bugs it is not (only) a matter of ftp.debian.org
> > but of the package maintainer.  (And the ftpmasters.)  Re ftp.debian.org,
> > please send proper mails to override-change(s)@debian.org with clear
> > requests.  Re packages, file bugs, do nmu's etc.
> 
> Joey, I don't understand what are you exactly trying to tell me.
> 
> I already filed some bugs, which have not been fixed yet, for which *no*
> fix other than modifying the override file is possible.
> 
> What do you mean with send "proper" mails...? Do you mean that the text of
> Bug #29874 is improper in some way? I hope not.

With "proper" I thought about mails to overrides-change like

package foo needs to be priority extra since foo and bar conflict and are both optional.

and similar.  If you just file a meta bug report it won't be done,
I'm sure.

I haven't read the bug report mentioned above so you might have done
it already.

Regards,

	Joey

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