Re: Unidentified subject!

["Christian T. Steigies" <cts@debian.org>]

On Sat, Apr 16, 2005 at 10:39:15AM -0700, Rick Younie wrote:
> Subject: Re: [edd@debian.org: Re: Bug#167780: 0.3.4 is in testing]
> Organization: Debian GNU/Linux site
> In-Reply-To: <[🔎] 20050416143812.GA28925@wolffelaar.nl>
> X-Newsgroups: local.debian-68k
> 
> > 
> > | > If in fact I, as maintainer, have a choice in the matter , then I would like
> > | > to request the same for the following packages:
> > | > 
> > | >    octave2.1, quantlib, r-base
> > | >    
> > | > for the
> > | > 
> > | >    arm, m68k
> > | >    
> > | > architectures.  I have spent *way* too much fscking special requests for
> > | > these smaller + older architecture which are, quite simply, mismatched for
> > | > these numerically-focussed applications and environments.
> > | 
> > | Please convince a porter for those architectures to add the right lines
> > 
> > 
> > How would I do that?  Whenever I discuss this with people from the porting
> > teams, their attitude usually is "why -- we may as well build it".  Which is
> > wrong, IMHO, as these arches _do_ hold up releases of these packages more
> > often than I like.
> > 
> > I still need help in this matter.
> > 
> > Regards, Dirk
> > 
> > | to Packages-arch-specific. If I'd remove those now, they'll get built
> > | and re-uploaded immediately again, so that has no use.
> > | 
> > | Update this bug if the changes to P-a-s are done.
> > | 
> > | --Jeroen
> 
> octave2.1, quantlib, r-base added to P-a-s for m68k.  Request
> of maintainer (for whatever reason) is always good enough to
> have a package removed.

I thought this would have been solved by making most arches and the porters
second class citizens, i.e. releases should not be stopped by "minor" arches
anymore. But I haven't followed the Vancouver discussion during the last
month, has it been decided that kicking out individual packages, which run
just fine on "minor" arches, is the way to go now?

By not building octave and r-base anymore, dozens of packages will become
unbuildable on m68k (and arm), do you have to add them to P-a-s, too, so that
those can move into testing?

Christian