Bug#687477: unblock: poco/1.3.6p1-4

["Adam D. Barratt" <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>]

On 13.09.2012 08:26, Andreas Tille wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 07:23:00AM +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> > On Thu, 2012-09-13 at 07:53 +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> > > while poco seems to be removed from testing due to some longer 
> > standing
> > > RC bugs there are packages (build-)depending from it remaining in
> > > testing (example: sitplus, see #680798).
> >
> > There seems to be some confusion here.  sitplus is _not_ in testing. 
> > It
> > hasn't been in testing since June.
[...]
> > Without a lot of persuading, britney won't allow there to be 
> > packages in
> > testing which depend on packages which aren't also in testing.  
> > Build
> > dependencies aren't enforced, but a review of the Sources files for
> > testing didn't show any packages Build-Depending on poco; would you 
> > be
> > able to specify those?
[...]
> http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=debian-med/sitplus.git;a=blob;f=debian/control
>
> It lists libpoco-dev as Build-Depends and #680798 is exactly about 
> the
> lack of the required Build-Depends.

Indeed.  As above however, sitplus isn't in testing, so doesn't really 
satisfy the
criterion of "packages (build-)depending from it remaining in testing" 
:-)

(fwiw the version graph on #680798 indicates that it only affects 
unstable.)

Regards,

Adam