Re: Processed: libxaw-dev is long gone

To: schepler@math.berkeley.edu
Cc: Paul Slootman <paul@debian.org>, Debian QA Group <packages@qa.debian.org>, Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>, "Mark W. Eichin xpaint #170000" <eichin@thok.org>, Brian Mays <brian@debian.org>, Karl Soderstrom <ks@debian.org>, Philip Brown <pbrown@debian.org>
Subject: Re: Processed: libxaw-dev is long gone
From: Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 09:14:54 +1100
Message-id: <[🔎] 20040106221454.GA13481@cloud.net.au>
In-reply-to: <[🔎] handler.s.C.107342511427570.transcript@bugs.debian.org>
References: <87isjp3tvt.fsf@frobnitz.ddts.net> <[🔎] handler.s.C.107342511427570.transcript@bugs.debian.org>

On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 03:48:54PM -0600, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
> Processing commands for control@bugs.debian.org:
> 
> > severity 169969 serious
> Bug#169969: acfax: Pure virtual build-depends on libxaw-dev
> Severity set to `serious'.
> 
> > severity 170006 serious
> Bug#170006: emacs20: Pure virtual build-depends on libxaw-dev
> Severity set to `serious'.

Why is a pure virtual build-depends a serious bug?
Could you please point out the section of policy?


We've had this discussion before (in #169969) and you didn't convince
me.

Hamish
-- 
Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish@debian.org> <hamish@cloud.net.au>

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